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Registration for the Sale of Milk.—In 1911 there were
four prosecutions of milk vendors for selling milk without being
registered for this purpose.
There were convictions in all cases, but at the time of writing
an appeal has been entered in one case.
The defendants were in all instances restaurant keepers.
In restaurants in this Borough the following milk containing
commodities are usually available for customers:—
1.—An ordinary cup of tea, in which the milk is added by the
proprietor in small amounts. The usual charge is a penny
per cup.
2.—"Tea and milk," "Special tea," or "Tea, half-and-half,"
in which the milk and tea are roughly in equal proportions
—the usual charge is 1½d. or 2d. per cup.
3.—A pot of tea. In this case the milk is in a small jug, and
is sometimes, but not always, charged for separately.
4.—Bread and milk.
5.—Porridge and milk. The milk is served in a jug, and may
be charged for separately.
Enquiry was made from the other metropolitan boroughs as to
the practice observed in the registration of restaurants for the
sale of milk in connection with the sale of the above articles,
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The cases of restaurants avowedly selling milk, hot or cold,
and of public houses selling rum and milk were excluded from
the enquiry.
It was found that in three boroughs all restaurants were, in
fact, registered for the sale of milk, whether they supplied it
only in small quantities in tea, or otherwise. That is to say,
all restaurants in these three boroughs supplying articles, Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 were registered for the sale of milk.
The following reasons were given for such registration—that
in such shops the milk must necessarily be stored, and it is very