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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. One milk
vendor was summoned for the offence, being ordered
by the magistrate to pay 2s. Od. in costs.
One person was fined £2 with £2 2s. Od. costs for
not having his milk receptacles properly inscribed with
his name and address and another was ordered to pay
£1 1s. Od. costs. In a third case of this nature, the
summons was dismissed, the Council being unable to
prove ownership by the defendant.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
12 dairymen were licensed to sell "Grade A
(Tuberculin Tested)" Milk, 1 for the sale of "Certified"
Milk, 1 for the sale of "Grade A" Milk and 7
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,
Finsbury and Rugby were also granted during the year.
School Milk Scheme.
It is common knowledge that in the latter part of
the year an important scheme came into operation for
the provision to school children at a reduced price of
one-third of a pint of milk each school day. Pasteurised
milk is being supplied to the schools in the
borough and arrangements have been made for the
supply to be tested from time to time as to its
composition and bacterial standard.
Cowhouses.
There were at the end of 1934 8 licensed cowhouses
in the Borough. 47 inspections were made during the
year. No notices were served.