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Shoreditch 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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51.
FOOD & DRUGS (MILK & DAIRIES) ACT, 1944.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ACT, 19497
The details of licences issued during the year under the various
regulations are given in the following tables:—

Table: Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk)Regulations, 1949.

Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk)

Regulations, 1949.

PasteurisedSterilised
Dealers Licences6692
Supplementary Licences2730
Totals93122

Table: Milk (Special Designations) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949

Milk (Special Designations) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949

Tuberculin Tested
Dealers' Licences48
Supplementary Licences27
Totals75

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EXAMINATION OF MILK SUPPLIED TO L.C.C. SCHOOL
AND DAY NURSERIES.
Samples of milk were taken from supplies delivered to local schools and
day nurseries and submitted for chemical analysis, methylene blue and
phosphatase tests. All were found to conform to the required standards.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OF MILK.
23 Samples of pasteurised milk were submitted for phosphatase and
methylene blue tests. All samples conformed to the prescribed standard.