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SECTION E.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Supply.—The majority of milk supplied to this Borough
is obtained from farmers and large firms outside the district. There
is howover, one farm in the Kidbrooke district whore approximately
100 cows are kept and routine inspections are made by the Inspector.
Owing to the rapid development of the Housing Estates in
this area it would appear that it can only be a question of time
before this one remaining farm is finally absorbed for building
purposes.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.—Milk and
Dairies Order, 1926.—At the commencement of the year there
were 187 purveyors of milk on the Register of Dairies and Milkshops.
Eleven new applications have been receivod during the year and
added to the Register, and fifteen names have been takon off,
thus leaving a total of 183 purveyors of milk now registered. The
number of premises registered at the end of the year was 60.
Two hundred and seventy visits of inspection of dairies, and
shops where milk is sold in sealed cartons or bottles, have been
made ; as a result of which lime-washing, cleansing or painting was
carried out in eleven cases.
At the end of the year there were eleven wholesale purveyors
of milk on the Register.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.—On 1st June
a new Ordor came into force revoking the early one of 1923 and now
the only designated milks are Tuberculin Tosted, Accredited and
Pasteurised but licences granted under the old Order were allowed
to continue in operation until the 31st December, 1936.

† Principal Licences granted by the Lewisham Borough Council.
*One Licence was granted for part of year under Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1936.
Result of Analytical Examinations.—One hundred and
fifty-five samples of milk were taken during the year, of which
only five were found to be adulterated or below the standard
fixed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Of the 155