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ventilation, provision of baths, sanitary accommodation, storage of food, etc., all
of which could conveniently be controlled by by-laws. There is a great demand
for this type of flat and there is ample reason for conferring powers on local
authorities to enable them to exercise control.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Dairies, Cowsheds and MIlkshops.
In connection with the duties imposed on the Council respecting registration
of milk shops, opportunity is taken before entering the premises or the name of
the applicant on the register to inspect the premises proposed to be used for the
dairy purpose, to ascertain whether they are suitable for the sale of milk thereon.
From time to time it has been necessary to postpone registration pending the
completion of works found to be required.
At the end of the year 1933, the number of registered dairies and milk shops
in the Borough was 140.
Seventeen entries were made in the register during 1933. Of these, 3 related
to premises registered for the first time, 10 to premises where a change of occupier
had necessitated re-registration, 3 to itinerant vendors with premises outside the
Borough registered for the first time and 1 to an itenerant vendor where premises
had. changed hands. In addition, one entry was made in the register of wholesale
dairies, the trade being carried on from premises outside the Borough. Four
premises were removed from the register on closing or demolition.
The Sanitary Inspectors recorded 135 inspections of milk premises. A milk
roundsman was found selling milk from a hand can and barrow neither of which
were marked with the name and address of the vendor as required by Section 6
of the Milk and Dairies Consolidation Act, 1915. The attention of the proprietor
was called to the matter and the breach was at once abated. It was not necessary
to serve notice for any other breach of the Order or sanitary defect.
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.