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is paid to the kitchens and other places where food is
prepared. 18 notices were served, and complied with.
Bakehouses. —At the close of the year there were 137
bakehouses in use, 50 of which are underground bakehouses.
The Sanitary Inspectors made 515 visits, and 21 notices were
served, and duly executed.
Ice-Cream Vendors' Premises.—The number on the
register was 323. 458 visits were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors. 7 notices were served, and the complaints were
remedied. The number of visits recorded includes inspections
of stalls.
FOOD.
Milk.—The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923,
was issued by the Minister of Health in May, 1923. This
Order revoked the previous Order (1922), embodied certain
amendments considered desirable, in the opinion of the
Minister, in the light of experience gained of the working
of the original Order, and came into force on the 1st July,
1923. The general scheme of grading was not altered, but
changes were made in the conditions under which licences
might be granted for the sale of "Grade A" and
"Pasteurised" milk. With regard to "Grade A" milk,
conditions were not greatly altered, the alterations affecting
the conditions of production only. The standard laid down
in the 1923 Order for Grade A Milk —Pasteurised, was that
originally set for "Pasteurised" milk in the Order of 1922,
it being stated that such milk" shall be produced and treated
under such conditions that, on a sample being taken before
delivery to the consumer, the milk shall be found to contain
(a) in the case of a sample taken at any time before 1st
January, 1924, not more than 50,000 bacteria per cubic
centimetre and no coliform bacillus in one-hundredth of a
c.c., and (b) in the case of a sample taken at any time after
1923 not more than 30,000 bacteria per c.c., and no coliform
bacillus in one-tenth of a c.c."
In the case of "Pasteurised" milk other than "Grade
A" the standard was considerably relaxed by the 1923
Order, it being laid down that up to December 31st, 1923,
a sample must not contain more than 200,000 bacteria per
c.c., and, after that date, not more than 100,000 bacteria
Tier c.c. (The previous Order permitted only 50,000 and
30,000 per c.c. respectively.) The test for coliform bacillus
was also removed.