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We can with certainty report that there was a marked improvement
during the year. Any retailer whose milk was found to be in any way
below a very high standard of cleanliness was warned, and a further
sample examined at an early date.
Milk and Cream Regulations 1912 and 1917
1. Milk and Cream not sold as preserved cream:—
(a) Number of samples examined for preservatives
Milk 265 Cream 4
{b) Number in which preservative was reported to be present and
percentage in each sample—
Milk Nil Cream Nil
2. Cream sold as preserved cream:—
Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to
ascertain if the statements on the label as to preservatives were
correct: —
1. Correct statements made 1
2. Statements incorrect —
Total 1
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 came into operation on the
1st October, 1926. By order of the Council a copy was sent to every
person on the Register, and the Inspector has visited all premises and
persons concerned and explained their obligations under the Order.
The Register has been revised. There are no cowkeepers in the
Borough. No case occurred in which milk acted as a vehicle of
infection. In two cases persons delivering milk were warned, as in
J926, that bottles must not be filled in the street.
The Milk and Dairies Consolidation Act, 1925. Under the provisions
of this Act, many notices were received by the Food and Drugs
Inspectors demanding that samples should be taken in course of delivery
to retailers, but, acting on instructions, the Inspectors did not find it
necessary to take any such samples in course of delivery because the
Public Analyst was able to inform them within reasonable time that the
original samples, i.e., those purchased from the retailers, were genuine.
No samples were taken by other authorities at our request.