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Hendon 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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General:
Insufficient accommodation for
storage of refuse 7
Want of cleanliness 56
Other defects 106
MILK SUPPLY:
Number of registered Dairymen and
Distributors 12
Number of registered Dairies not being
Dairy Farms 8
46 Special visits have been made of dairies under the Milk
and Dairies Regulations 1949.
Milk Special (Designations) Regulations:
The following table shews the number of Licences issued
under these Regulations during 1950.
Dealers Licences:
Tuberculin Tested 34
Pasteurised 32
Sterilised 30
Dealers Supplementary Licences:
Tuberculin Tested 16
Pasteurised 18
Sterilised 15
There is one large pasteurising establishment in the
district which is licensed by the County Council and during
the past year '20 samples of pasteurised milk and 2 samples of
bottled tuberculin tested (pasteurised) milk taken immediately
after machine capping were submitted for bacteriological
examination.
24 samples of raw bulk milk were taken from rail tanks
and 138 bottles immediately after cleansing in the bottle
washing machines.
The total number of milk samples taken for examination
was 132; Tuberculin Tested 27, Pasteurised 91, Sterilised 11
and Non-Designated 3.
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