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Milk Supply.
All domestic supplies of milk are sold in sealed bottles or cartons bearing
a designation. Except for very smail auantities of raw Tuberculin Tested milk
from Attested herds, all milk is heat treated.
Although a large number of shop keepers are registered to sell milk, the
greater proportion of milk supplied to domestic consumers is delivered to the
door through twenty of the registered distributors.
The London fresh milk depot of one of the leading wholesale milk concerns
is situated within the Borough. Here, over 9,000,000 gallons of milk are pasteurised
annually and distributed over some thirty to forty districts in the
Greater London area. The Council is responsible for licensing and supervising
the pasteurising process.
Samples of milk have been taken from dairies, shops and deliverymen for the
purpose of checking duality, purity and bacteriological cleanliness. Samples
were also taken on delivery from supplies to schools.
During the year 207 inspections were made of dairies and other premises
from which milk is distributed. Conditions on the whole were found to be satisfactory.
Registration and Licensing. For details of registration of dairies and
distributors see page 37,
Licenses issued under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and