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made by the Inspectors, and 57 notices were served
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Legal proceedings were found to be necessary in
respect of milk premises in one case.
Some careless or unscrupulous milk traders are
occasionally found filling bottles in the street and
perhaps sealing them with discs taken from their pocket
—a practice both contrary to the Milk and Dairies
Order and to the principles of hygiene. Two milk
vendors were summoned for the offence, being ordered
by the magistrate to pay an aggregate of 10s. in fines
and costs.
One person was fined 20s. for carrying on the trade
of milk vendor without being registered and another was
fined 20s. with £7 7s. costs for failing to observe due
cleanliness in the manufacture of cream cheese.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Fourteen dairymen were licensed to sell "Grade A
(Tuberculin Tested)" Milk, 2 for the sale of "Certified"
Milk, and 4 for the sale of "Pasteurised" Milk, while
supplementary licences to sell "Certified" Milk in the
Borough from premises in Stepney and Hackney and
others to sell "Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)," "Grade
A" and "Pasteurised" Milk in the Borough from
premises in Poplar, Shoreditch, Hackney, Stepney and
Islington were also granted during the year.
The samples of graded milks taken during the
year were found to be in conformity with the Order.
Cowhouses.
There were at the end of 1932 9 licensed cowhouses
in the Borough. 39 inspections were made during the
year. No notices were served. The premises are as
follows:—