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are kept. Unless notice is given within 60 hours of the sample being taken the warranty defence
cannot be used. This defence will also not be available where the sample in respect of which
proceedings are taken is a mixture of milk obtained from more than one seller or consignor. Power
is also given to the local authority of the district in which the first sample was taken, instead of or
in addition to taking proceedings against the purveyor, to proceed against the seller or consignor.
In nineteen instances where the Council's Food Inspector had obtained a sample of milk from
a purveyor a request was submitted that a further sample should be taken in the course of delivery
from a corresponding consignment, and in every case both the original sample obtained from the
purveyor and that obtained from the consignor were found to be of genuine composition.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.—The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, grants power
to the Minister of Health to make a Milk and Dairies Order with regard to various matters, such as
the registration of dairies, the addition of colouring matter, the sale of certified milk, etc., and in
pursuance of this power, the Minister made a Milk and Dairies Order in 1926. This Order, which
came into operation on October 1st, 1926, revoked the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order,
1885, which had been in force during the year up to that date.
The main provisions of the rescinded Order and Regulations are incorporated in the new
Order, but modified in accordance with the development of modern hygienic knowledge so as to
lay greater stress on the cleanliness in all operations connected with the production and handling
of milk than upon the structure of buildings.
The most important of the entirely new provisions of the Order relate to the health and
inspection of cattle, the handling, conveyance and distribution of milk and the prevention of the
spread of infectious disease through the milk supply.
The new Order requires the Council to keep two registers, namely, one for premises wherein
milk is sold or deposited for sale, and one for the names of owners or occupiers of these premises.
Under Section 5 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, the Council are
authorised to remove from, or refuse to enter upon, the Register the name of any person selling or
proposing to sell milk on premises which are for any reason unsuitable for the purpose.
In November, 1920, the Council resolved that the presence upon any premises of such articles as
(1) paraffin, (2) loose pickles, (3) vinegar (except in sealed bottles), (4) fish, (5) meat of all forms
(except when in sealed tins or glass, (6) fruit, (7) vegetables, (8) coals or coke, and (9) wood
(except in bundles, provided the same be not kept in the milk store) would constitute a source of
contamination rendering the said premises unsuitable for the sale of milk; and the registration of
persons entitled to carry on the trade of a purveyor of milk in Kensington has been subject to
compliance with the resolution.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.—Section 2 of this Act empowers the Council to refuse
to enter any person's name on the Register of Dairies, or to remove his name from that Register,
if they are satisfied that the public health is, or is likely to be, endangered by any act or default
of his in relation to the quality, storage or distribution of milk.

In one case where there had been several convictions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts
in respect of adulteration, the Council decided to remove the dairyman's name from the Register.