[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough].

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    71 INSPECTION & SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk Supply. 150 applications (including 18 additional) were approved by the Borough Council for registration under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926. 67 of the applications were change of purveyor at registered premises, 61 were for the sale of milk in sealed bottles only, and 4 for wholesale and retail trade in the borough by firms resident outside the borough. Special licences were issued in accordance with the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923, as follows :— Certified Milk, 13; Grade A (Tuberculin Tested), 21; Grade A, 9 ; Pasteurised Milk, 35 (Pasteuriser's Licence 2, Dealer's Licence, 33) (61 premises) ; Supplementary Licences, 21. Meat and Other Foods. (a) Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924. (1) Number of *visits paid to slaughterhouses 116 (2) Number of *visits paid to meat shops, meat stalls, and meat stores 701 (3) Number of actual slaughterings at which one or other of the food inspectors was present, consisting of beasts (5), sheep (447), pigs (256), and calves (16) 724 (4) Carcases, or portions of carcases, condemned 19 * Visits include re-visits also. Of the 724 actual slaughterings, at which one or other of the food inspectors was present, and in connection with which 19 carcases or portions of carcases were condemned, the diseases necessitating such condemnation were as follows :— Pigs. 1 head (tuberculosis). 14 whole carcases and organs (swine 2 mesenteries (tuberculosis). fever) 1 liver (cirrhosis) Beasts. 1 head and tongue (tuberculosis)