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Camden 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK
4.3.7 Bacteriological examination of samples to ensure that the milk sold under special designation complies with the standards required by the Regulations were carried out during the period with the following results:-
| Designation | Test | Not satisfactory | Satisfactory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | |||
| Pasteurised | Methylene Blue | - | 66 |
| Untreated | Methylene Blue | - | - |
| Sterilised | Turbidity | - | 11 |
| Ultra heat treated | Colony count | - | 1 |
| 1968 | |||
| Pasteurised | Methylene Blue | 1 | 34 |
| Untreated | Methylene Blue | - | 7 |
| Sterilised | Turbidity | - | 3 |
| Ultra heat treated | Colony count | - | - |
REGISTRATION OF PREMISES USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE OR SALE OF ICE CREAM OR FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOOD
4.3.8 Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, requires that premises used for the manufacture, storage or sale of ice cream, for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale shall be registered for the purpose by the local authority.
| 1967 | 1968 | |
|---|---|---|
| No. of premises registered for manufacture of ice cream during the year 1967 | 1 | 1 |
| Total no. of premises registered for the manufacture of ice cream at the end of the year | 6 | 7 |
| No. of premises registered for the storage and sale of ice cream during the year | 26 | 36 |
| No. of premises registered for the storage and sale of ice cream at the end of the year | 483 | 489 |
| No. of premises registered for the preparation or manufacture of preserved food during the year | 4 | 12 |
| Total no. of premises registered for the preparation or manufacture of preserved food at the end of the year | 334 | 346 |
UNSOUND FOOD
4.3.9 Details of unsound food surrendered and destroyed in 1967/68 are given in
Table 9 in the appendix.
CLEAN AIR ACT 1956
4.4.1 The Camden (St. Pancras No. 8), the Camden (Hampstead No. 9), and the
Camden (Hampstead No. 10) Smoke Control Orders came into operation on 1st October,
1967. The areas contained between them 11,197 separate dwellings.
4.4.2.1 The St. Pancras No. 8 area, covering 271 acres, falls into three distinct
sections - (a) North of Chalk Farm Road, an area extensively developed by the Borough
Council to provide housing accommodation; (b) Central, between Chalk Farm Road and
Gloucester Avenue, mainly consisting of the British Railways goods depot (once the
bane of the St. Pancras Public Health Department. The Gloucester Avenue Tenants'
Association were the leading body at the time in the borough for complaints regarding
air pollution, especially from railway locomotives of the goods yard. Fortunately since
the diesel programme of the British Railways was completed in 1964, the atmosphere
has literally and metaphorically speaking improved beyond recognition); (c) South,
adjoining Primrose Hill, consisting of mainly large Victorian houses with a good proportion
being owner-occupied following a pattern of migration back into London.
4.4.2.2 Whilst the northern part of this smoke control area has provided a fair number
of conversions by solid smokeless fuel appliances and gas fires, the southern part has
seen a marked trend towards the installation of fan-assisted solid fuel fires, room
heaters, gas fires, and a number of central heating installations.
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