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Walthamstow 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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33
Biological Test
Thirty-seven samples of raw milk, as delivered to Pasteurisers
Depots in the Borough, were submitted to the Counties Laboratories
for biological examination, on behalf of the Essex County Council.
All were satisfactory except for four samples—two of which gave
inconclusive results and two were positive.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised & Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949 & 1950.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulation, 1949.

Table: Licences for the sale of milk under Special Designations weregranted as follows:—

Licences for the sale of milk under Special Designations were

granted as follows:—

Dealers' Licences.Supplementary Licences.
Pasteurised48Pasteurised9
Sterilised130Sterilised11
Tuberculin Tested17Tuberculin Tested9
Licences (Plant).
Pasteurisers2Tuberculin Tested (Dealers)2

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There are no Cow-keepers in the district.
The number of Retail Milk Distributors is 152.
Two hundred and twenty-two 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.

Table: ( b) Ice Cream.Thirty-seven applications for Registration were received and were dealt with as follows:—

( b) Ice Cream.

Thirty-seven applications for Registration were received and were dealt with as follows:—

Vendors, New24
Vendors, Transfers12
Refused1
Number on Register at end of year321
Number of premises used for manufacturing9