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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Twelve milk sellers were registered under the above Acts
during 1941, and 84 were removed from the Register, making a total
of 138 milk sellers on the Register at the end of the year under report.

All premises used for the sale of milk are regularly inspected to
ensure that the standard of cleanliness laid down is maintained.
MILK SAMPLING.
Samples of milk, both for bacteriological and chemical examination,
are taken from milksellers, and special arrangements are made for the
sampling of the milk supplied to all schools in the borough. The total
number of samples submitted for analysis during 1941 was 415, of
which number 16 were taken from schools.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.
Liquid Milk, undesignated 295
Liquid Milk, undesignated (informal) 1
Sterilized Milk 87
Pasteurised Milk (informal) 8
Condensed Milk (informal) 1
Evaporated Milk (informal) 4
396
For Bacteriological Examination.
Tuberculin Tested Milk 2
Pasteurised Milk (from schools) 8
Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) 7
For tubercle bacilli 2
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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
Thirty-two premises were entered on the Council's list for the
year under report.
As a result of samples being purchased, it was found that four
contraventions of the Act occurred, poisons being sold wrongly by
both listed and unlisted vendors. Warnings were given in three
cases and in the fourth case legal proceedings were taken, and a
fine of 305., with 5s costs, was imposed.