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Two licences to bottle Grade A (T.T.) milk, and three to
pasteurise milk, were granted and are included in the above
figures.
A cautionary letter was, by order of the Committe, addressed
to a vendor who was found to be dealing in milk labelled " pasteurised
milk " without holding the necessary licence.
The bacteriological examination of samples of milk is referred
to on page 105.
Milk Shops.
The number of premises registered in Battersea for the sale of
milk is 119 (including 8 wholesalers' premises). One dairy premises
was added to the register and 8 removed therefrom on discontinuance
of the sale of milk, and 4 on the purveyor restricting his
sale to milk purchased already bottled. In 8 cases registration
was transferred on account of change of proprietorship. There are
also 8 premises registered for the sale of cream only. All milk shops
are kept under systematic inspection, and during the year 480
inspections were carried out and 4 intimation and 3 statutory
notices were served to remedy defects found on inspection.
Forty-four vendors whose registered premises are without
the borough are registered as purveyors within Battersea. In
addition to the above there are 183 persons registered for the sale
of milk in sealed receptacles only.
The condition of premises in the borough in which milk is
sold or stored remains at a satisfactory sanitary standard.
Condensed Milk.
During the year 4 informal samples of condensed milk were
submitted for examination, of which 2 were described as " fullcream
" and 2 as " machine-separated." All were found to be
genuine and to comply with the requirements of the Public Health
(Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923.
Artificial Cream Act, 1929.
Only 2 shops are registered under the provisions of this Act
for the sale of artificial cream. These premises are periodically
inspected.
Ice Cream.
There were at the end of the year 220 premises (excluding
street stalls) in the borough used for the manufacture, storage, or
sale of ice cream, 9 less than at the end of 1935.
All the premises, stalls, barrows, &c., from which the trade is
carried on are kept under inspection during the season.