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produce in shops and on stalls to (See whether " marking " is being properly
carried out. Should those duties continue to increase, detailed supervision
cannot be undertaken to the same extent as the work of the inspectors
which is more directly concerned wit' the Public Health must be their
principal consideration.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Registration of Dairymen and Dairy Premises.- At the end of the year
there were 330 names of persons and premises on the register. They
included dairy shops, milk stores and those itinerant vendors who sell
milk from street barrows. Some of the latter sell milk in Westminster
but store their milk vessels, &c., in premises in other districts. They
require to be registered in both districts.
Eleven new applications from milk sellers were received and
registered. Eight of these concerned new premises, the remaining three
were transfers of business from one proprietor to another as were also
their premises.
In 86 instances registration of premises was cancelled as sale of milk
was discontinued. One person was prosecuted for selling milk without
being registered and was fined 10s.
Other provisions of the Milk and Dairies Order.- Contraventions of the
Order numbered 7, including :—
(1) Lack of cleanliness of dairy.
(2) Keeping of animals in a dairy.
(3) Insufficient lighting and ventilation.
(4) Damp condition of dairy premises.
(5) Defective milk vessels.
In three instances there was an offence under Section 8 of the L.C.C.
General Powers Act, 1908, as regards the sanitary requirements of premises
used for the storage of food.
In none of the above cases was it found necessary to take legal proceedings.
The conditions were remedied at once after verbal or written
notice.
Bottling Milk in the Street.—The Order has now been in force two
years, and although dairymen in the City have been made fully
aware of its provisions, offences under Article 31 are still being perpetrated.
The object of this article is to ensure that milk shall be bottled
and sealed in registered premises and shall be delivered to the consumer
in that state. Either through ignorance or wilful carelessness there is
still a tendency to tamper with those sealed bottles by removing the discs
and when empty, by refilling dirty and unwashed bottles and putting
the discs on in the street. Two dairymen and 15 roundsmen were prosecuted
for this offence—last year there were 10 cases. Fines varying
(10285) G2