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Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The provisions of the above-named Order, which had already
been brought to the notice of milk purveyors in the Borough
and which are referred to in detail in the Annual Report for 1926
of the Medical Officer of Health, were enforced by the Council's
Officers during the year under report.
Proceedings were taken against a vendor of milk for selling
milk in Battersea without having been registered by the Council.
The summons was dismissed on payment of 15s. costs.
Proceedings were also taken in 6 cases where a milk roundsman
was observed to fill a milk bottle in the street, contrary to the
provisions of the Order. In each case the employer was fined 10s.
and the employee 5s.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Under this Order the Council are authorised to issue licences
to others than producers (i.e., persons producing milk for sale from
herds over which they have control). The licences so granted are
available for a period up to the end of the year in which they were
issued. There is a scale of fees payable to the Licensing Authority
by applicants for licences.
During 1928 licences were issued as follows :—
Certified milk (including 1 supplemental
licence) 19
Grade A (Tuberculin tested) milk (2
supplemental) 58
Grade A milk (1 supplemental) 9
Pasteurised milk (1 supplemental) 13
Two licences to bottle Grade A (T.T.) milk and two licences to
pasteurise milk were granted and are included in the above figures.
During the year nine samples of Certified and Grade A
(Tuberculin tested) milk were taken for bacteriological examination.
The result of the examination shewed in each case that the sample
conformed to the standards laid down by the Order. Bacillus coli
was not found in any of the nine samples. The bacterial content
per 1 c.c. ranged from 803 to 1,800 in the case of the three samples
of certified milk and from 983 to 9,666 in the 6 samples
Grade A (T.T.) milk, the average number being: Certified 1,159,
Grade A (T.T.) 4,969.
Milk Shops.
The number of premises registered in Battersea for the sale of
milk is 130 (including 5 wholesalers' premises). Two new premises
was registered during the year for the sale of milk, and in three cases
the sale of milk from registered premises was discontinued. In 9
cases registration was transferred on account of change of proprietorship.
All milk shops are kept under inspection and during