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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
Sutton and Cheam 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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MILK SUPPLY
Food and Drugs Acts 1938 to 1954
Milk and Dairies Regulations 1949-1953
The Milk (Special Designation)(Raw Milk) Regulations 1949 to 1954
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised Milk) Regulations 1949-1953
Routine inspection of milk, pasteuriser's and distributor's
premises reveals that the provisions of the various Regulations
are generally well observed.
The following licences to sell graded milks in the Borough were granted in 1954:-
| Grade of Milk | TYPE OF LICENCE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dealers | Supplementary | Pasteuriser's | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 10 | 11 | _ |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) | 8 | 1 | _ |
| Pasteurised | 19 | 11 | 1 |
| Sterilised | 35 | 12 | _ |
| Totals | 72 | 35 | 1 |
| Class of Milk | Number of samples examined. | Test applied | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passed | Filled | |||
| Pasteurised | 64 | Phosphatase | 64 | - |
| Methylene Blue | 64 | - | ||
| Sterilised | 11 | Turbidity | 11 | - |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) | 15 | Phosphatase | 15 | - |
| Methylene Blue | 15 | - | ||
| Tuberculin Tested (Farm Bottled) | 36 | Methylene Blue | 33 | 3 |
| Totals | 126 | 123 | 5 | |
In order to comply with the Milk. (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations 1949 to 1954, Tuberculin Tested Milk,
must not decolourise Methylene Blue within 4½ hours if the
sample is taken from 1st May to 31st October, or within 5½ hours
if taken from 1st November to 30th April.
It is pleasing to report that of the one hundred and twenty
six samples taken only three failed to pass the prescribed
tests. Two of these samples were taken during the 4½ hour test
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