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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

Carshalton 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Section E-Inspection and Supervision
of Food.
Milk Supply.
Cowkeepers.
There are three cowkeepers registered in the District, two of whom
are licensed by the County Council, to use the term " Accredited
Milk."
Regular inspections have been made of the farms.
Only a very small amount of unpasteurised or raw milk is consumed
in the district.
Milk Retailers.
The number of registered milk retailers was 10.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 1936-1946.
Licences under these Regulations were issued as follows:Principal
Licences-Tuberculin Tested 6
Pasteurised 7
Supplementary Licences-Tuberculin Tested 9
Pasteurised7
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
One hundred and ninety-one samples of milk were procured and
submitted for bacteriological examination.

Table: All the milks were sold under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, and 38 failed to comply with the prescribed Regulation. The results of the tests were as follows :-

All the milks were sold under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, and 38 failed to comply with the prescribed Regulation. The results of the tests were as follows :-

Designation under which sold.No. of Samples.Methylene Blue Test.Phosphatase Test.Coliform Bacillus Test.
Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.
Tuberculin Tested17710--98
T.T. Pasteurised24186231--
Pasteurised928111902--
Heat Treated57498561--
Accredited11-1---
19115635170498