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Coulsdon and Purley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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School Clinics. — The County Council provide the following
Clinics at their Clinic premises in Whytecliffe Road, Purley:—
General Medical Clinic : Thursdays 9.20—11 a.m.
School Dental Clinic : Fridays 1.30 p.m. or by appointment.
School Eye Clinic : By appointment.
Speech Therapy Clinic : By appointment.
Remedial Exercise Clinic : By appointment.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The entries in the registers required to be kept in accordance with
the Order were as follows:—
Cowkeepers 6
Dairymen and Retail Purveyors with premises in the District 4
Retail purveyors with premises outside the District 5
Retail purveyors of bottled milk only sold in general shops 12
Dairies (including 1 Receiving Depot) 4
The following is a list of dairy farms in the District: —
Hooley Farm, Woodplace Lane, Coulsdon.
Dean Farm, Brighton Road, Hooley.
Elm Farm, Farleigh.
Moorcroft Farm, Farleigh.
Elmgrove Farm, Old Lodge Lane, Kenley.
Hayes Farm, Hayes Lane, Kenley.
In addition, the hospitals at Netherne and Cane Hill are supplied
chiefly by their own private farms, while a few cows are kept by private
individuals.
Elm Farm, Farleigh, and Dean Farm, Hooley, are licensed as
Accredited," and Hayes Farm, Hayes Lane, Kenley, for the production
of " Tuberculin Tested " milk, by the Surrey County Council under the
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936/46.
Milk Sampling.
76 samples were submitted for bacteriological examination, with the
results set out in the following tables: —

Tests required by Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to 1946, and the Heat-Treated Milk (Prescribed Tests) Order, 1944.

Number of Samples.Methylene Blue.Phosphatase.
Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.
Pasteurised : 24222221
Heat-Treated : 3734337