[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough].

  • St. Pancras (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1931]
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    70 In addition to the above, the following were also on the register at the end of 1930:— 3 persons (firms) in respect of premises where a wholesale trade in milk is done. 2 „ (firms) „ „ „ cream „ 2 ,, ,, retail ,, ,, „ and 24 itinerant vendors without retail milkshops. Bottled Milk. During the year 25 persons were registered to sell milk in sealed bottles, and 13 were removed from the register. At the end of the year there were 107 persons on this register. Milk Sampling out of Office Hours. Requests are received from time to time from other Metropolitan Boroughs for samples of milk to be taken by the Food Inspectors at railway stations within St. Pancras early in the morning. The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, which came into force on September 1st, 1925, provides for this fluty, and Section 8 (4) of the Act states: The Authority requiring the samples to be taken shall be liable to defray any reasonable expenses incurred, the amount whereof shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the Local Government Board [Ministry of Health.]. The Council had decided in February, 1902, that any firm or person requesting a sample of milk to be procured in course of consignment should be required to pay a fee of 10s. 6d., but no charge has been agreed with other Borough Councils requesting our Inspectors to take samples on their behalf. The samples have to be taken very early in the morning, usually between 3 and 4 a.m. After consideration by the Public Health Committee, it was decided that the fee fixed by the Council in 1902 should be adopted in respect of samples taken under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, and the following recommendation was approved by the Council:— That any Local Authority requesting the Food Inspectors of this Authority to take a sample of milk in course of consignment from a consignor to a consignee be required to pay at the time of making the request a fee of 10s. 6d. for a sample or samples from any one source, and that the fee be handed over to the Inspector undertaking the sampling. Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923. The production, distribution and standards of purity of the various grades of milk sold under special designations are governed by powers contained in the Milk and Dairies (Amend ment) Act, 1922 and the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923. The special designations comprise the following:— Certified, Grade A (tuberculin tested), Grade A, and Pasteurised. Licences to producers of Certified and Grade A (tuberculin tested) Milk are granted by the Minister of Health, subject to compliance with conditions which are specified in the Order. Licences to sell Milk under the various special designations and for the production of Pasteurised Milk are authorised to be granted by the Borough Council. Any such licence is valid for not more than one year and expires on December 31gt in each year.