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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
Dairies and Milkshops.—The number of premises registered
under the provisions of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, is 138,
and 252 inspections of these premises were made during the year.
In addition, 145 retailers were registered for the sale of milk in
bottles or cartons, it being a condition that the milk is not to be sold
otherwise than in the closed and unopened receptacles in which it
was delivered to the premises.
Cowhouses.—There is now only one licensed cowhouse in the
Borough.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.—Licences for the
production or sale of milk under the designations provided by the
above-named Order were issued for the year 1934, as follows: —
Premises licensed to Pasteurise 2
Retail premises licensed to sell Certified Milk 9
„ ,, ,, ,, Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 10
,, ,, ,, ,, Grade A Milk .. 6
,, „ ,, ,, Pasteurised Milk .. 55
Bacteriological Examination of Milk. -The designations and
numbers of the samples examined are shown in the following
summary:—
" Certified " Milk 6
" Grade A " (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 7
" Pasteurised " Milk 15
Undesignated Milk 37
Total 65
Certified Milk.—(Standard: —Not more than 30,000 bacteria in
one c.c., and no Coliform Bacillus in 1/10 c.c.).
Six samples of this grade of milk, consigned in bottles to
retailers in the Borough, were taken and examined at the request of
the Ministry of Health. All conformed to the required standard.