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SECTION V.— INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.— In accordance with statutory enactments, the Council
keeps a Register of persons carrying on the trade of dairymen or purveyors
of milk and no person is permitted to carry on the trade in the Borough
unless he is registered. The Council is empowered to remove the name
from or refuse to enter upon the Register the name of any person selling
or proposing to sell milk on premises which are for any reason unsuitable
for the purpose.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, further empowers the
Council to refuse to enter the name of any person in the Register, or
to remove the name of any person from that Register, if it is shown
to the Council's satisfaction that the public health is or is likely to be
endangered by any act or default of such person in relation to the quality,
storage or distribution of milk.
The premises at which registered purveyors of milk carry on their
business have been subject to frequent inspection. During the year four
applications were made for registration as purveyor of milk, which, after
appropriate investigation, were approved by the Council. In Table No.
33 (page 46) is shown the alterations which took place in the Register
of Milk Purveyors during the year.
During the year there were 166 inspections of dairies and milkshops
made in the Borough. Notices were served requiring remedy of defects
found on three of the premises visited. There are no cowsheds in the
district.
Milk (Special Designations) Order.— There were 48 applications
from 16 retailers under the Milk (Special Designations) Order for licences
to sell special grades of milk. All these licences were granted. In each
case the licence was granted for the purpose of authorising the dealer
to sell specially designated milk from shops within the Borough. No
application has been made for a licence giving authority to set up bottling
or pasteurising establishments in the Borough. The following Table No.
39 shows the numbers of licences granted for the sale of milk under special
designations during the past two years.