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Cautionary letters were, by order of the Committee, addressed
to two vendors who were found to be dealing in designated milk
without holding the necessary licence, and in two other cases
proceedings were taken for similar offences (vide p. 83).
The bacteriological examination of samples of milk is referred
to on page 103.
Milk Shops.
The number of premises registered in Battersea for the sale of
milk is 120 (including 10 wholesalers' premises). Two wholesale
and one retail dairy premises were added to the register and 2
removed therefrom on the purveyors restricting the 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 522 inspections
were carried out and 3 intimation and 4 statutory notices were
served to remedy defects found on inspection.
Twenty-five vendors whose registered premises are without
the borough are registered as purveyors within Battersea.
In addition to the above there are 181 persons registered for
the sale of milk in sealed receptacles only, eight being added and 10
removed from the register during the year, while in 9 cases the
registration was transferred.
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 10 informal samples of condensed milk were
submitted for examination, of which 3 were described as "fullcream"
and 7 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 231 premises (excluding
street stalls) in the borough used for the manufacture, storage, or
sale of ice cream, 11 more than at the end of 1936.
All the premises, stalls, barrows, &c., from which the trade is
carried on are kept under inspection during the season.