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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
Woolwich 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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HYGIENE IN HOSPITAL CATERING DEPARTMENTS
At the request of the Woolwich Group Hospital
Management Committee, inspections of the Catering Departments
at the five Hospitals in the Borough were carried
out, and detailed reports submitted.
MILK SUPPLY
At the close of the year, one Dairy and 118 registered
Distributors of Milk were operating from within the Borough.
The Council also approved registration of a further 27
Distributors who distribute milk in the Borough from premises
outside. Under the provisions of the Milk (Special
Designation) Regulations, 1960, 217 dealers' licences and
73 supplementary licences were issued authorising the use
of the special designations "Sterilised", "Pasteurised",
and "Tuberculin Tested".
The percentage of fat content of milk samples
submitted to the Public Analyst for chemical analysis was
as follows:-
Fat Content
| 4.5 per cent. and over | Nil |
| 4.0 per cent. and under 4.5 per cent. | 8 |
| 3.5 per cent. and under 4.0 per cent. | 96 |
| 3.0 per cent. and under 3.5 per cent. | 70 |
| Below 3 per cent. | Nil |
| Total | 174 |
During the year 235 samples of Pasteurised or
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised milk were submitted to the
Park Hospital Laboratory, Hither Green, to assess the
keeping quality of the milk by the Methylene Blue test.
All the samples were reported as satisfactory.
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