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comply with our requirements. A great deal of the milk sold in
the borough is pasteurised, but it is not of course all sold under
that designation. There has been much controversy in the
press on the question of the pasteurisation of all milk, and I
have been asked a variety of questions on this subject more
especially by mothers attending Maternity and Child Welfare
centres with their children. While I fully appreciate the possible
value of pasteurisation as a safeguard, its disadvantages are
also apparent, and I cannot regard pasteurisation of the total
milk supply as the ideal at which to aim. On the other hand it is
true that the standards and designations prescribed under
the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923, leave a good deal
to be desired, and I have little doubt personally that the solution
will be found ultimately in a compromise, whereby all milk will be
required to comply with standards approximately those obtaining
for Grade ' A' (Tuberculin Tested) Milk at present, or be pasteur-ised.
Price is a factor of the utmost importance, and while the
price at which Grade ' A ' (T.T.) Milk is sold is one which our
people can pay, that of Certified Milk is prohibitive and renders this
grade unsaleable in this borough. There appears to be a steadily
increasing sale for sterilised milk in the borough which is, I think,to
be regretted, since in my opinion this product is quite unfit for
infants and young children.