CO129-562-12 Dysentry epidemic- recommendation to enforce compulsory pasteurization of milk 7-6-1937 - 17-8-1937 — Page 6

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH,

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WHITEHALL, S.W.1.

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August, 1937.

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C. O. REGY

I am directed by the Minister of Health to 2.acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th instant (Colonial Office reference 53782/37), forwarding a copy of a Despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong on the subject of the pasteurisation of milk, and to say that the Report of the Committee referred to in paragraph 4 of the Despatch is that of the Economic Advisory Council Committee on Cattle Diseases (Cmd. 4591) 1934, published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. A reference to the recommendation of the Committee regarding milk pasteurisation is contained in paragraph 16 of the White Paper on Milk Policy presented in July 1937, (Cmd. 5533).

The Government of Hong Kong may find it of interest to refer to the technique of the tests prescribed under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936 (S.R.O. 1936, No.356) for milk sold in this country under special designations, as set out in Memo. 139/Foods (January 1937), and to the Report on "The Supervision of Milk Pasteurising Plants" by Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, Bart., M. A., M.D. (Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects, No.77).

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S.W.1.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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