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Section E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
Lectures and Demonstrations on Milk Pasteurising Plants.
The Public Health Committee agreed to the two Meat and Food
Inspectors attending a course of training on the inspection of milk
pasteurising plants, at a fee of one guinea each.
Cowshed.
The cowshed in the Borough was inspected on 19 occasions.
Application for a licence was considered by the Public Health
Committee, as follows:—
17-19, Morville Street—Mr. John Henry Chandler—licensed to
keep 19 cows.
Dairies and Milkshops.
The registration of one new dairy was approved and at the end of
the year there were in the Borough 85 registered premises where raw
milk is sold. These premises were kept under strict observation, 355
inspections being made.
3 intimations were served in respect of various defects. The
necessary work was done without need for further action by the department.
5 persons (including 1 itinerant vendor) were registered as retail
purveyors of milk, 3 being on account of change of ownership of premises.
The following retail purveyors also were registered during the year:—
42 for sale of sterilized milk in sealed bottles (33 on account of
change of ownership).
16 for sale of raw milk in sealed cartons (2 on account of change
of ownership).
14 for sale of raw milk in sealed bottles (8 on account of change
of ownership).
2 for sale of raw milk in sealed bottles and cartons.
Note.—One wholesale purveyor of raw milk was registered, his premises
being outside the Borough of Poplar.