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from 10s. to £3 were inflicted. Unless penalties are made more severe
it is likely that these offences will continue and may increase. The
practice of using scaled bottles was introduced by the large milk distributors
at considerable cost with the sole object of improving the cleanliness
of milk as supplied to households. Householders should therefore cooperate
by seeing that they are not being deprived of the advantages
which have been provided.
Churns and other Milk Vessels.—The Order provides that churns and
other vessels shall be provided with a lid without openings so as
effectively to prevent the access to the milk of dirt, dust or rain water or
the return to the interior of the receptacle of any milk which may have
been splashed above the lid.
This article came into force in October, 1928, and it was found necessary
to notify two of the larger wholesale dairymen of contraventions of this
section of the Order.
The use of cartons instead of glass bottles has aroused interest among
British dairy companies and there is a possibility of several London firms
delivering milk in cartons in the near future should experiments, which
are being made, prove satisfactory. In New York 50,000 families are
having their milk delivered in cartons.
World's Dairy Congress, 1928.
This Congress to which your Medical Officer was appointed a delegate,
was held in July. It was of an international character and included
representatives from all who are interested in dairy produce. Members
of sanitary authorities and their officers, farmers, distributors and those
interested in the administrative, bacteriological, chemical and veterinary
aspects of the industry. Your delegate was unfortunately owing to
official duties able to attend only on one day, but the discussions which
he attended on the chemical and bacteriological standards for milk and
the visit to Shinfield farm, near Reading, proved highly instructive. It
was amply demonstrated that it is possible to produce a milk bacteriologically
pure according to the standards set for certified milk and of
excellent quality as regards chemical analysis with plant of an inexpensive
and perhaps primitive nature so long as the methods of production are
maintained with scrupulous cleanliness and attention to detail.
Milk and Dairies Amendment Act, 1922.
Under the Milk (Special Designation) Order, 1923, made under this
Act the Council issued licences for the sale of:—
Certified milk .. .. .. .. .. .. 17
Grade A (Tuberculin tested) milk .. .. ..16
Grade A milk .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Pasteurized milk .. .. .. .. ..14
13 samples were taken for bacteriological analysis.