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Milk and Dairies Regulations 1949/54.—Under the provisions
of the principal Regulations each person retailing milk in the
Borough must be registered as a Distributor. At the commencement
of the year 108 persons were so registered and, allowing for
additions to and deletions from this list the number of Distributors
registered at the end of the year was 110 which total includes 7
dairy premises.
On 69 occasions the premises of distributors and dairies were
visited other than for sampling purposes, and defects were detected
and remedied as and when necessary.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949-1953 and The Milk (Special Designation)
(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949/54.—All milk now sold in the Borough
has been Sterilised, Pasteurised or Tuberculin Tested and the use
of these Special Designations in relation to the sale of milk is prohibited
under the above Regulations unless the distributor is licensed
for the use of same.
Licences issued in accordance with the above Regulations are
operative for one year from 1st January and are required to be
renewed annually. Principal Licences are granted to Distributors
in respect of premises within the Borough and Supplementary
Licences to Distributors who sell within the Borough but whose
premises are outside. The following licences had been granted and
were in force on the 31st December, 1955 :—
Licences In Operation
Principal Licences issued 31.12.55
Distribution of Sterilised Milk ... 89 83
,, „ Pasteurised Milk... 46 45
„ ,, Tuberculin Tested 36 34
Supplementary Licences
Distribution of Sterilised Milk ... 19 19
„ ,, Pasteurised Milk... 16 16
,, ,, Tuberculin Tested 16 16
Sampling.—Under provisions of the Third Schedule to the first
of the above-mentioned Regulations, Methylene Blue and Phosphatase
tests have been prescribed, the former for assessing the
"keeping" qualities of milk, and the latter for estimating the
efficiency of pasteurisation. In addition, a Turbidity test is also