Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table gives details of samples taken:—
Grade
No. of
Samples
Results
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
(Methylene
Blue Test)
Pasteurised
114
113
1
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)
25
25
-
Sterilised
5
5
-
Totals
144
143
1
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised & Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949 & 1950.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulation, 1949.
Licences for the sale of milk under Special Designations were
granted as follows:—
Dealers' Licences. Supplementary Licences.
Pasteurised 50 Pasteurised 9
Sterilised 119 Sterilised 11
Tuberculin Tested 30 Tuberculin Tested 9
Licences (Plant).
Pasteurisers 2 Tuberculin Tested (Dealers) 2
There are no Cow-keepers in the district.
The number of Retail Milk Distributors is 143.
One hundred and thirty-eight visits were paid to registered
premises and a satisfactory standard of cleanliness was maintained.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order,
1951.
The above Order came into operation on the 1st October, 1951.
All milk retailed within the Borough must be either Pasteurised or
Sterilised.
(b) Ice Cream.
Forty-four applications for Registration were received, and
were dealt with as follows:—