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Ealing 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Milk Supply.
There are 87 registered distributors of milk in the
Borough.

Table: During the year licences for the sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations were granted as follows:

During the year licences for the sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations were granted as follows:

Dealer's LicencesSupplementary LicencesTotal
Tuberculin Tested Milk501565
Pasteurised Milk591776
Sterilised Milk561773

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Under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations)
(Specified Area) Order 1951, all milk sold by retail in
the Borough must be "designated milk," i.e. Tuberculin
Tested, Pasteurised or Sterilised Milk.
28 samples of milk were taken and submitted to the
Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests at the Public Health
Laboratory, Ealing.

Table: The results were as follows:

The results were as follows:

DesignationSamplesPhosphataseMethylene Blue
PassedFailedPassedFailed
Pasteurised2626-26-
T.T. Pasteurised22-2-

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In addition 102 samples of Pasteurised Milk from processing
plants in the Borough were taken by the Officers
of the County Council who are the licensing authority
under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations.
Ice Creaa.
There are 361 premises in the Borough registered for
the sale of ice cream.
It was found that their ice cream is obtained from 2
registered manufacturers in the Borough or from 11 manufacturers
outside the Borough. Samples from each of these
manufacturers were taken once or more during the year, a
total of 69 samples of ice cream and ice cream constitu- .
ents being submitted for bacteriological examination.
The results were as follows: