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Friern Barnet 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]

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The milk sold in Friern Barnet is either
pasteurised or tuberculin-tested since the district
is in an area in which all milk is required to be of
one or other of these grades.
The undermentioned licences were granted by
the Council:-
Dealers' Supplementary
Licence. Licence.
To sell pasteurised
milk 3 9
To sell sterilised
milk 19 11
To sell tuberculin-tested
milk 4 10
A dealer's licence authorises the distributor
to sell milk from premises in Friern Barnet, and a
supplementary licence to sell milk in Friern Barnet
from premises outside the district.
Fifty-nine samples of the various grades of
milk were examined and all were satisfactory. Samples
were also taken of the washed bottles from the dairy
bottling milk and these were of a satisfactory standard
Ice cream.
Seventy-five premises are registered to sell
ice cream. This number includes three premises which
were approved for the purpose for the first time during
the year.
In no instance was the ice cream made on the
premises. Generally the ice cream was sold in the
pre-wrapped or packed state as supplied by the manufacturers
so that handling and thereby risk of contamination
was reduced to the minimum.
All the thirty-three samples examined were
of a satisfactory standard.
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