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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
No milk sellers were registered under the above Acts during 1944,
and none were removed from the Register. There were 135 milk
sellers on the Register at the end of the year.

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 1944 was 405, of
which number 7 were taken from schools.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.
Liquid Milk, undesignated
244
Sterilized Milk
116
Pasteurised Milk (informal)
7
Condensed Milk (informal)
8
Tuberculin Tested (informal)
6
581
For Bacteriological Examination.
Pasteurised Milk (from schools)
7
Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools)
4
For tubercle bacilli
4
For brucella abortus
2
Tuberculin Tested
15
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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
Thirty-three 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 unlisted vendors. Warnings were given in all cases.