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purpose. In 99 premises the sale of milk was discontinued. One milk
seller was prosecuted for carrying on the trade of dairyman without beiDg
registered, and a fine of 10s. was inflicted.
The sanitary inspectors paid 825 visits to premises in which milk is
sold.
In three instances conditions were found requiring the service of
notices. These concerned the cleanliness of walls and ceilings. There
was also a case where the requirements of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1908, in reference to premises used for the storage
of food were infringed. In each case conditions were remedied without
resort to legal proceedings.
Bottling Milk in the Street.—Article 31 of the Order lays it down that
where milk is delivered in sealed bottles they shall be filled and sealed
only in registered premises. The object of providing sealed bottles is
to improve on the method of filling household milk jugs from the milkman's
cans which, when performed in the street, offers possibilities of
contamination. Although all milk vendors in the City were circularised
as to the requirements of the Order when it came into force there was
evidence that a number do not appreciate the importance of complying
with this section of the Order. Roundsmen have been observed filling
dirty empty bottles which had been left outside overnight by householders
and sealing them with discs taken from the depths of their
trousers' pockets. This proceeding defeats the whole object of providing
clean and sterile bottles to be filled and capped under proper conditions
in approved dairy premises. Moreover, the public are being deluded as
they are led to believe that milk is being delivered t.o them in a much
more hygienic manner than the can and milk jug, whereas abuse of the
bottling method is infinitely more open to objection than the former.
In recent years so much attention has been given to the production of
cleaner milk that any practice which appears to betoken dirty methods
must be regarded as a serious oSence to be dealt with summarily. Ten
dairymen were prosecuted for this improper bottling of milk; in eight
of these, the employees (roundsmen) were summoned. Fines amounting
to £18 were inflicted, with £2 2s. costs.
Milk and Dairies Amendment Act, 1922.
Under the Milk (Special Designation) Order, 1923, made under this
Act the Council issued licenses for the sale of:—
Certified milk 18
Grade A (Tuberculin tested) milk 13
Grade A milk 1
Pasteurized milk12
16 samples were taken for bacteriological analysis.
(961C) G2