Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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The bulk of the food condemned was unfit for salvage
and had to be destroyed, but where possible, it is the practice
to use condemned food for animal feeding.
Slaughterhouses.
There are no Government slaughterhouses in the area,
but one existing slaughterhouse was used for cottagers pigs
slaughtered under licence.
3 pigs were examined and all found to be fit for human
consumption.
Milk.
Licences granted by the Council under the Milk (Special
Designation) Regulations, 1949/1953.
Supplementary :—
Tuberculin Tested 8
Pasteurised 8
Sterilised 10
Dealers
Tuberculin Tested 7
Pasteurised 7
Sterilised 29
29 samples of milk were submitted to the County
Laboratory as follows :—
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 8
Pasteurised 11
Sterilised 10
All satisfied the prescribed tests.
ICE CREAM (HEAT TREATMENT) REGULATIONS
1947—1952.
There is only one manufacturer of ice cream in the
area, and as a complete cold mix is used, heat treatment is
not necessary.
39 samples of ice cream submitted for examination
during the year were graded as follows :—
Grade I 36
Grade III 3
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