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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Dealer's Licences | Supplementary Licences | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 50 | 15 | 65 |
| Pasteuriser! Milk | 61 | 17 | 78 |
| Sterilised Milk | 55 | 17 | 72 |
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.
24 samples of milk were taken and submitted to the
Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests at the Public Health
Laboratory, Ealing.
The results were as follows-
| Designation | Samples | Phosphatase | Methylene Blue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | ||
| Pasteurised | 19 | 19 | - | 17 | 2 |
| T.T. Pasteurised | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | |
In addition 138 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 Cream.
There are 375 premises in the Borough registered for
the sale of ice cream
It was found that their ice cream is obtained from 4
registered manufacturers in the Borough or from 3 manufacturers
outside the Borough. Samples from each of these
manufacturers were taken once or more during the year,
a total of 111 samples of ice cream and ice cream constituents
being submitted for bacteriological examination.
The results were as follows-
| Commodity | Samples | Grade | Not graded | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Ice Cream | ||||||
| Local Manufacture | 94 | 51 | 32 | 1 | 10 | - |
| Ice Cream Other Manufacturers | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Tee tollies | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 111 | 55 | 39 | 4 | 13 | - | |