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Sutton 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]

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Ice Cream:
Bacteriological examination of ice cream samples taken were reported upon
as follows:-
1968 1969
Grade I 59
Grade II 3 2
Grade III 2 -
Grade IV 3 -
Unsatisfactory results were investigated and subsequent reports from the same
sources proved satisfactory.
Other Foods:
Bacteriological examination of 245 items were made during the period.
Satisfactory reports were received.
Water:
Twenty-five samples of water were reported as satisfactory during 1968/69.
Registration of Milk Distributors;
The number of Milk Distributors registered under the Milk and Dairies
(General) Regulations 1959 increased from 67 in 1968 to 79 in 1969.
Designated licences in force, under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations
1963 (as amended) during the year were as follows:-
1968 1969
Dealer's (Pre-packed Milk)
Sterilised 6l 67
Pasteurised 8l 91
Untreated 24 25
Ultra Heat Treated 36 41
Dealer's (Pasteuriser's) 1 1
Unsound Food:
The following quantities of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome
and unfit for human consumption were surrendered and destroyed?-
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