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all the shops was found to be satisfactory, all counter pans being provided with
suitable covers. At 17 of the shops the stock on sale included some offensive
or oderous substances or articles likely to cause dust or dirt, e.g., pickles, vinegar,
apples, cured fish, firewood, hearthstone, etc.; paraffin was sold at three shops,
but in each case was stored in a yard away from the shop. All the traders stocked
some goods likely to attract flies such as jam tarts, open jams, open sugar, sweets,
cooked meats, etc.
The cleanliness of the premises was reported as satisfactory in 30 cases, but
only fairly so in the remaining five. In all the utensils were in a clean and
satisfactory condition. The personnel engaged in these small retail premises was
found clean in 31 shops and fairly clean in the remaining four.
Although this survey disclosed reasonably satisfactory conditions within the
limits of this type of business, it may nevertheless be suggested that the time is
not far distant when the sale of milk from open receptacles should be discontinued
from " general " shops. Milk in cartons can now be retailed at practically the
same price as loose milk and very little hardship would fall on the majority of
these traders if the sale of this commodity in " general " shops was limited to
milk in sealed containers.
Residue from Milk Clarifiers.
As it would seem probable that pigs have been infected with tuberculosis as
a result of feeding with infected milk and slime from clarifiers, enquiry was made
at the one establishment in the Borough where milk is cleansed by clarifiers to
ascertain what is done with the residue after the milk has been passed through the
cleansers. It was found that this residue is at once destroyed by burning in a
furnace used in connection with a pasteurising plant.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
During the year 1932 licences available up to the 31st December, 1932, for the
sale of designated milk in the Borough were issued as follows: —
Certified Milk 2
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 5
Pasteurised 14
Up to the date of preparation of this report licences for the year 1933 have
been issued as follows: —
Certified Milk 2
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 2
Grade A (Pasteurised) 1
Pasteurised 5
Supplementary—
Grade A (T.T.) 1
Pasteurised 2
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