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(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notice—
(a) By owners 1,968
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners —
SECTION 5.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Cowhouses.—The four cowhouses in the Borough have been
visited on 7 occasions, and the required cleansing duly enforced.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.—Dairies, Cowsheds
and Milkshops Order.—At the commencement of the year
there were 102 premises on the Register of Dairies and Milkshops;
29 new applications have been received during the year and added
to the Register, and 12 names have been taken off, thus leaving a
total of 119 premises now registered. During the year 147 visits of
inspection have been paid to these premises; notices were served
upon the occupiers in 7 cases where dairies required lime-washing
or were otherwise in an insanitary condition. Two applications
for registration were refused on the ground of unsuitability of the
premises.
Milk and Dairies Consolidation Act, 1915.—The operation
of this Act was intended to come into force not later than one year
from the termination of the war, but was postponed by the Milk
and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922. By an Order made by the
Minister of Health, the date was fixed as the 1st September, 1925.
There is no doubt whatever that, generally, the operation of this
Act should be the means of providing a much higher standard of
milk. More powers are given for protecting the public against the
ravages of tuberculosis by the consumption of tuberculous milk.
Section 9 affects the procedure with regard to the sampling of milk.
Where a warranty defence is pleaded by a purveyor of milk, a
sample from a corresponding milking must be taken in course of
transit or delivery to the purveyor, and if the owner of the cow so
requests, a further sample must be taken at the dairy at which the
cows are kept. The warranty defence will not be available where
the sample is a mixture of milk obtained from more than one seller
or consignor. A further provision that must be complied with is
for the purveyor to request the local authority within sixty hours
from the time the first sample was procured, to take a corresponding
sample. If the local authority do not comply with the purveyor's
request, no proceedings can be instituted against the said purveyor.
Milk Supply.—The majority of milk supplied to this Borough
is obtained from farmers and large firms outside the district.