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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
Bromley 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION E.
Inspection and Supervision of Foods.
Milk Supply.
100 inspections of registered dairy premises were made in
1944, and 6 instances of unsatisfactory conditions were remedied
Licences have been issued for graded milks under the Milk
(Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1943, as follows:—
Pasteurisers' Licence 1
Licences.
Dealers
Supplementary
"Pasteurised" 12 4
"Tuberculin Tested" 6 4
18 8
samples taken by the Sanitary Inspectors and submitted
for examination:—
Ordinary milk, bacteriological test 6
Graded „ „ „ 27
Phosphatase test 16
Tuberculin 5
Methylene Blue 4
Milk bottles tested 3
Samples of milk taken under the Food and Drugs Act:
appear in the following tabulation
Samples taken during 1944, and results, are shown in the following table:—
| Formal. | Informal. | Adulterated or Irregularity. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Juice | – | 1 | – |
| Aspirin | – | 1 | – |
| Baking Powder | – | 4 | – |
| Boric Ointment | – | 2 | – |
| Butter | 2 | 1 | – |
| Beef Aspic Jelly | – | 1 | – |
| Bicarbonate of Soda | – | 1 | – |
| Bunflower | – | 1 | – |
| Barlova | – | 1 | – |
| Biscuit Mixture | – | 2 | – |
| Bismuthated Magnesia | – | 1 | – |
| Castor Oil | – | 3 | – |
| Cough and Cold Mixtures | – | 4 | – |
| Cinnamon | – | 2 | – |
| Coffee | – | 1 | – |
| Cocoa | – | 5 | – |
| Curry Paste | – | 1 | – |