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Wanstead and Woodford 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960
Four Licences were transferred to the new owners of four previously
licensed premises.
Seventeen samples of milk were taken all of which were reported as
satisfactory.
Manufacture, Storage and Sale of Ice Cream
Three applications for premises to be registered for the storage and
sale of ice cream were received and considered by the Public Health
Committee. All were granted.
Ice Cream (Bacteriological Examination)
Six samples of ice cream were obtained and the results were as
follows:
Ministry of Health's Provisional Grading
Grade Grade Grade Grade
Taken I II III IV
Nos. 6 5 — — *1
Per cent 100 83.3 — — 16.7
*It was not possible to obtain a further sample owing to the shop being closed.
Food and Drugs and Bacteriological Examinations
As in former years, the Food and Drugs samples were submitted to
Messrs. Bernard Dyer and Partners Ltd. (Dr. J. H. Hamence, F.R.I.C.,
and P. S. Hall, Esq., F.R.I.C.), of 20 Eastcheap, London, E.C.3, and
samples for bacteriological examination to the Counties Public Health
Laboratories (Roy C. Hoather, Esq., B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F.R.S.H.,
Gordon Miles, Esq., B.Sc., F.R.I.C., F.R.S.H., R. F. Rackham, Esq.,
B.Sc., M.R.S.H., & E. English, Esq., B.Pharm., B.Sc., F.R.I.C.,) of Thresh
House, Verulam Street, Gray's Inn Road, W.C.I. The Department is
appreciative of the help given by these two laboratories during the year.
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