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

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1952]
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    15 Milk supply. There are 74 Distributors on the Register. Samples of milk were taken in course of delivery to the various schools and hospitals in the district, as follows:- [####] Bacteriological Examination. Chemical Analysis.[/####] Hospitals 2 7 Schools 11 4 All were found satisfactory. The average milk fat content was 3·55 per cent. Milk (Special Designations) Regulations. 189 licences were issued during the year to sell specially designated milk as follows:- [####] Dealers' licence. Supplementary licence.[/####] To sell Pasteurised Milk 37 25 „ Sterilised Milk 38 25 „ Tuberculin Tested Milk 31 24 ,, Accredited Milk 5 4 Hampstead Heath Fair. As usual members of the Inspectorial staff and their assistants were on duty throughout the Easter, Whitsun and August Bank Holiday fairs. Some idea of the intensive work involved in sampling alone on these fair days may be gauged from the fact that no less than 101 articles of food and drink were submitted to bacteriological examination and 79 to chemical analysis. Included in these figures are 38 samples of Ice-cream which were submitted to the Methylene Blue test. It is interesting to compare the improvements over the years since more intensive inspection began as illustrated by the following table: — Year. No. of Samples taken. Grading under Meth. Blue Test. 1 2 3 4 Percentage of Grades 1 and 2 Samples. per cent. 1948 8 Nil 3 2 3 37·5 1949 9 1 2 3 3 33·3 1950 20 10 4 3 3 70 1951 38 23 6 4 5 77·8 These results are significant in the light of the gradually improving hygienic conditions we have been able to secure over the period since 1948, viz.:- (i) Improved siting of food stalls.