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Hendon 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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MILK SUPPLY
Number of registered dairymen and distributors 47
Number of registered dairies not being dairy farms 11
Number of visits made to dairies during the year 20
MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS, 1949
Daring the year it was necessary to institute legal proceedings in one case:-
Charge Plea Result
Failing to clean milk Guilty Fined £10 and
bottle before use. £5.5 0. costs
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS.
The following table shows the number of licences issued under these Regulations during 1957.
| Dealers Licences. | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 34 |
| Pasteurised | 33 |
| Sterilised | 41 |
| Dealers Supplementary Licences. | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 21 |
| Pasteurised | 21 |
| Sterilised | 20 |
MILK SAMPLING.
The number of samples taken during the year is as follows:-
Pasteurised 2
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 2
Raw Bulk Milk (Tuberculin Tested) 14
Sterilised 1
Milk in cartons (Pasteurised) 24
In addition 40 samples of bottle rinses were taken during the year.
CONDEMNATION OF FOOD
The amount of foodstuffs condemned during the year shows little change from 1956.
A large proportion of the food condemned in the Hendon area is accounted for by
the fact that a multiple firm has a central distributing depot within the Borough
serving many branches throughout London
Condemned foodstuffs are disposed of by incineration at the Council s Refuse
Disposal Works.
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