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MILK ADULTERATION.
Six formal samples were reported against, the percentage of
adulteration being 1.7. Of these six samples two were deficient in
milk fat and four contained extraneous water.
No infringements of the MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT were recorded
during the year or of the various orders under the AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCE (GRADING AND MARKING) ACT 1928.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK.
Number of samples submitted for examination -
Pasteurised milk 32
Tuberculin tested 3
All graded milks complied with the standards laid down in the
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936. In one sample of Tuberculin
Tested Milk coliform bacillus was present in 1/100th millilitre.
EXAMINATION OF MILK FOR THE PRESENCE OF TUBERCLE BACILLI.
Four samples of raw milk were examined by means of the animal
test for the presence of tubercle bacillus, with negative results.
BAKEHOUSES.
The number of bakehouses on the register at the end of the year
was 75 overground and 32 underground.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTION.
Street Markets Inspections 2707
FOOD PLACES - Inspections:
Bakehouses 215
Pish Curers' Premises 144
Pried Pish Shops 253
Ice Cream Premises ... 482
Restaurants and Eating Houses 293

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