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FOOD SUPERVISION.
There is one other point to which attention should be directed. In the course of the
inquiries it was ascertained that one firm, and one firm only, made use of the tuberculin test
to exclude the introduction of milk from tuberculous cows from a part of their supply. The
test may be used by the farmers and others, but if so, the fact has not been elicited by the
inquiries made. On the other hand, the notorious neglect to enforce the Dairies, Cowsheds,
and Milkshops Orders in the provinces, raises a presumption that the use of such test is very
exceptional.
Food Purveyors.—The Register of premises where cooked foods (meals) are provided
contains 182 entries, 25 of the premises being shops of fish-fryers. A special Register of
makers and vendors of " ice-creams " is also kept. This contained 114 entries at the close
of the year (74 more than at the end of 1902).
All the above premises have been frequently inspected both to detect nuisances and to
see that the commodities dealt in were sound and free from contamination. Table 40 gives
the details of defects found, &c.

Food Purveyors.

* These were systematically dealt with in 1902, leaving no structural defects unremedied.