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Chelsea 1930

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930

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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.

TABLE No. 35.

Retail.Wholesale.Total.
On Register, 31st December, 19297171
Vacated during the year55
Added during the year44
On Register, 31st December, 19307070

During the year there were 128 inspections of dairies and milkshops
made in the Borough. Notices were served requiring remedy of defects
found on four of the premises visited. There are no cowsheds in the
district.
Milk (Special Designations) Order.—There were 30 applications
from 11 retailers under the Milk (Special Designations) Order for licences