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[1928
Milkshops and Dairies—At the close of the year there were 561 milkshops
and dairies on the register, 30 having been added to it, while 9 were
removed. The District Sanitary Inspectors paid 808 visits to them, and served
10 notices for the carrying out of various sanitary improvements and the cleansing
of dirty utensils.
THE MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922; THE MILK
(SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
During the year 1928, the following applications were made for licences under
the provisions of the above Order to enable the persons to sell Specially Designated
Milk :—

ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
During the year 1,218 samples of foods and drugs, including 369 informal
samples, were submitted for analysis by Mr. Green, the Food and Drugs
Inspector, who purchased the samples for submission to our Analyst Mr. A.
Pinchin, B.Sc. Of the total samples 1,145 were reported to be genuine and 73
adulterated, or 6 per cent. This percentage is 1.2 below the previous year, and
0.8 less than the average rate during the preceding 10 years.
During the year 1928 in addition to the official samples taken and submitted
to the Public Analyst there was a total of 369 informal samples which were
either submitted to the Public Analyst or examined by the Food and Drugs
Inspector. These informal samples comprised about 60 varied articles.
Three samples of milk were also submitted to the Analyst by private
purchasers.