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FOOD SUPPLY.
All premises in the Borough where food is sold or prepared for sale are regulated by Section 8
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. Premises where milk is sold are
required to be kept in accordance with the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885, and the
Regulations made thereunder by the Council. Unsound food is dealt with under Section 47 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Proceedings in cases of adulteration are instituted under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Milk Supply.—The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885, requires the Council to
keep a Register of persons from time to time carrying on the trade of dairymen or purveyors of
milk and provides that a person may not carry on the trade unless he is registered.
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 the
resolution being complied with.
Section 2 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, empowers the Council to refuse to
enter any person's name on the Register 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.

It will be seen that at the end of the year the Register, kept by the Council, and revised from
time to time in accordance with the requirements of the Milkshops Order, contained the names of
175 persons carrying on the trade of purveyors of milk on premises within the Borough.
The inspections of dairies and milkshops made during the year numbered 724, and notices were
served requiring the remedy of defects which were found on 10 of the premises visited.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.—The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred
upon him by Section 3 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, has issued an Order, which
prescribes the conditions subject to which licences may be granted for the sale of milk as
" Certified," " Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)," " Grade A," or " Pasteurised."
Licences may be granted to two classes of persons, namely :—
(1) Those who sell milk either by wholesale or retail; and
(2) " Producers," i.e., persons owning or having control of herds from which milk is sold.
Under the Order the Council are authorised to grant licences to persons other than a producer
to sell milk under any of the special designations above mentioned. Every licence granted is
valid for a period ending on the 31st day of December in the year in respect of which it is granted.
The Order lays down a schedule of fees to be paid by applicants for licences.
The licences granted in 1923 were as follows :—
(a) Dealers' licences to use the designation " Certified Milk " 52
(b) Dealers' licences to use the designation "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk " 4
(c) Dealers' licences to use the designation "Pasteurised Milk " 1
In each case the licence has been 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 within the Borough.