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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
East Barnet 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
Number of Cowkeepers on the Register 3
Retailers 23
,, Registered Premises 10
,, Inspections 200
The following licences were granted to dealers to sell under
the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 1936-43 :—
Tuberculin Tested 2
Pasteurised 3
The following Supplementary licences under principal licences
granted by other authorities to sell milk from premises outside this
area were also granted :—
Tuberculin Tested 8
Pasteurised 8
One hundred and seventeen samples of milk were purchased
and submitted for bacteriological examination to the Ministry of
Health's Emergency Public Health Laboratory, at Hertford.
The following is a summary of the results of the examinations :—
| Designation. | No. of Samples submitted. | Test applied :— (a) Plate Count (b) b. coli. (c) Methylene blue test. (d) Tubercle b. (e) Phosphatase test. | Result of Examination. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undesignated | 15 | 1 Unsatisfactory. | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 20 | 5 Unsatisfactory. | |
| T.T. (Pasteurised) | 12 | (c) and (e) | 1 Unsatisfactory. |
| 1 | Satisfactory. | ||
| T.T. (Certified) | 7 | (b) and (c) | Satisfactory. |
| Accredited | 3 | Satisfactory. | |
| Pasteurised | 4 | Satisfactory. | |
| ,, | 24 | (c) and (e) | 1 Unsatisfactory. |
| Homogenised | 2 | Satisfactory. | |
| 1 | Satisfactory. | ||
| 12 | (c) and (e) | Satisfactory. | |
| Sterilized | 4 | Satisfactory. | |
| Jersey and Guernsey | 4 | Satisfactory. | |
| 2 | (a), (c) and (e) | Satisfactory. | |
| 6 | (c) and (e) | Satisfactory. |
A copy of the report of each sample was supplied to the retailer
or dairy proprietor. In the case of unsatisfactory samples, visits
were paid to the premises of the dairy concerned and investigations
made into the cause of the unsatisfactory report, or if the premises
were outside our area a letter was sent to the particular person or
firm pointing out that the report was not satisfactory and asking
for an investigation. The percentage of unsatisfactory samples
was 6. The previous year it was 10% ; in 1944, 7% ; in 1943, 9% ;
in 1942, 18% ; and in 1941, 33%.