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Beddington and Wallington 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
The following statement by the Chief Public Health Inspector
gives statistics as to the number of complaints received, inspections
made, defects remedied, and other work carried out by the Public Health
Inspectors.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH
INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR, 1961
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK AND DAIRIES
Number of distributors of milk on register 9
Number of milk depots other than dairy farms on register 3
Number of above premises upon which loose milk is handled Nil
Number of inspections of premises 9
Number of licences issued under Milk (Special Designation)
Regulations:
Tuberculin Tested Milk—Dealers' (Pre-packed) 15
Pasteurised Milk—Dealers'(Pre-packed) 15
Sterilized Milk—Dealers' (Pre-packed) 20
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK

Sixty-nine samples of milk were submitted for examination. The results of the tests are set out below:

DesignationNo. of SamplesMethylene Blue TestPhosphatase TestTurbidity Test
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactorySatisfactoryUnsatisfactorySatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
Pasteurized474047
T.T. Pasteurized868
Sterilized66
Tuberculin Tested (Farm Bottled)862

Five samples of Tuberculin Tested milk were submitted for biological
examination - Tubercle bacilli were not isolated.
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