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are given, also search, warrants may be granted by a Justice where it is
suspected that "artificial" cream is being manufactured on unregistered
premises. Powers of seizure, penalties for obstruction and use of
unregistered premises are included.
At present there is only one place in the City registered for the
manufacture of "artificial" cream, but there are two other places where
it is made but are exempt from registration because of the provisions of
Section 2 (1).
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Registration of Dairymen and Dairy Premises.—At the end of the year
there were 312 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.
Ten new applications from milk sellers were received and registered.
Eight of these concerned new premises, the remaining two were transfers
of business and premises from one proprietor to another.
In 26 instances registration of premises was cancelled as sale of milk
was discontinued.
The inspectors paid 366 visits to milk shops and dairies during the
year and it was found necessary to serve 6 notices with reference to:—
(1) Lack of cleanliness.
(2) Accumulation of refuse.
(3) Water closet accommodation.
(4) Defective flooring.
(5) Inadequate water supply.
In none of these cases was it found necessary to take legal proceedings,
as conditions were remedied on receipt of notice.
Bottling Milk in the Street.—The Order has now been in force 3 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 sealing them in the
street. Five roundsmen were prosecuted for this offence—last year
there were 15 cases. Fines varying from 5s. to £2 were inflicted. It will