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SECTION V.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.—In accordance with statutory enactments, the Council
keeps a Register of persons carrying on the trade of dairymen or purveyors
of milk and no person is permitted to carry on the trade in the
Borough unless he is registered. The Council is empowered to remove
the name 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.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, further empowers the
Council to refuse to enter the name of any person in the Register, or to
remove the name of any person from that Register, if it is shown to the
Council's satisfaction that the public health is or is likely to be endangered
by any act or default of such person in relation to the quality, storage
or distribution of milk.
The premises at which registered purveyors of milk carry on their
business have been subject to frequent inspection. During the year
four applications were made for registration as purveyors of milk, all
of which, after appropriate investigation, were approved by the Council.
In tabular form below is shown the alterations which took place in
the Register of Milk Purveyors during the year.

There were 28 applications from 10 retailers under'the Milk (Special
Designations) Order for licences to sell special grades of milk. All these
licences were granted. In each case the licence was granted for the
purpose of authorising the dealer to sell specially designated milk from
shops within the Borough. No application has been made for a licence
giving authority to set up bottling or pasteurising establishments in the
Borough. The following Table No. 23 shows the numbers of licences
granted for the sale of milk under special designations during the past
two years.