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No samples of graded or other milk were submitted for bacteriological
examination during the year.
There were 122 inspections of dairies and milkshops made in the
Borough. Notices were served requiring remedy of defects found on
three of the premises visited. There are no cowsheds in the district.
Further reference to milk is made in the Public Analyst's Report
for the year and details of magisterial proceedings taken in cases of
adulterated milk will be found in the sub-section dealing with the Food
and Drugs Acts.
Ice-Cream Vendors. At the end of the year, 40 premises were shown
in the Register as places where ice-cream is prepared or sold. There
were 42 inspections of these premises as compared with 72 in 1924.
This trade is mainly regulated under the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,
1902. It is an offence to store ice-cream in a sleeping room or in any
shed or room in which there is an inlet to a drain. Vendors of ice-cream
must notify the occurrence of infectious disease among their employees
or persons living on their premises. The Act also provides that every
itinerant vendor shall exhibit on his barrow the name and address of the
person from whom the ice-cream has been obtained.
Existing legislation enables a Sanitary Authority to exercise adequate
control where the vendors and premises are known, but, inasmuch as
ice-cream may be made under unsatisfactory conditions on premises
other than those where it is stored, some system of compulsory registration
should be provided, applicable to all premises where the commodity
is manufactured or stored or sold, and also to the itinerant
vendors.
Fried Fish Vendors. At the end of the year there were 14 premises in
which the frying of fish was carried on and 42 inspections of these premises
were made. It is found that a reasonable standard of cleanliness is
now being maintained, but it is necessary for the Inspectors to maintain
a constant vigilance to impress upon the vendors the necessity for the
systematic observance of cleanliness.