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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
Wembley 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Dairies and Milk Shops.
Number of Dairies registered 28
" " purveyors of milk registered
with premises in the Borough,
selling milk in properly
closed and unopened
receptacles 48
" " purveyors of milk registered
whose premises are outside
the Borough 24
" " Dairies (included above)
where milk is bottled, etc. 5
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 19^6 to 1942.
| Designation of Milk. | Licences issued. | Samples taken. | Samples not satisfactory. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised | 34 | 64 | 4 |
| Tuberculin Tested | 23 | 33 | 5 |
| T.T. (Pasteurised) | - | 7 | - |
| T.T. (Certified) | — | 1 | — |
| Accredited | 2 | 13 | — |
| 59 | 118 | 9 |
Food Poisoning.
In order to deal convincingly with
suspected food poisoning outbreaks it is
generally essential to secure bacteriological
confirmation of contamination by toxic organisms
or their products. While Laboratory facilities
are available, in practice it has rarely been
possible to submit early enough faeces samples
and any portion at all of a suspected foodstuff.
The result is that many cases reported as food
poisoning are not so confirmed and other
evidence, e.g. other people having eaten the
39.