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Barnet 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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Table: Twenty-seven samples of milk have been taken, in course of delivery to the consumer, and submitted to the appropriate tests with the following results:

Twenty-seven samples of milk have been taken, in course of delivery to the consumer, and submitted to the appropriate tests with the following results:

Designation.No.of Samples Taken.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.
Tuberculin Tested (Farm Bottled).22Nil
Accredited.11Nil
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised).55Nil
Pasteurised.1111Nil
Pasteuriped (Homogenized).22Nil
Sterilised.44Nil
Ungraded.2Nil2
TOTALS27252

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In connection with the two unsatisfactory samples of raw ungraded milk, copies
of the reports were forwarded to the appropriate department of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries for action.
Seven Dealer's Licences and twenty Supplementary Licences were granted for the
retail sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designation)(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949
and 1950, and the Milk (Special Designation)(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949 and 1950* viz:-
Designation„
Dealer's Licences.
Supplementary Licences.
Tuberculin Tested.
Accredited.
Pasteurised.
Sterilised.
3
Nil
2
2
6
1
6
7
PRIVATE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AND
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT. 19T5.
Since Food Rationing was introduced the Private Salughter-houses in the
district, three in number, have been closed, meat rationing being more easily
organised and administered from one abbatoir supplying a large area than from a
number of small slaughter-houses in each district. It is doubtful whether these
small private slaughter-houses will again be permitted to function.
There are ten persons licensed by the Council as fit persons to slaughter
animals, one less than in the previous year. These slaughtermen, although