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57 [1925
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885, etc.
The Chief Sanitary Inspector in conjunction with the District Sanitary
Inspectors, inspected the premises in the borough in which milk is stored and
retailed other than in sealed bottles, and have examined the utensils in use by the
occupiers. In 193 cases letters were addressed to the occupiers intimating
unsatisfactory conditions, either of the premises or of the vessels and utensils in
use. These unsatisfactory conditions are summarised as follows:
Unsatisfactory receptacles 47
,, storage 17
„ coverings 89
,, premises 25
Defective measures 43
Premises in which paraffin oil was sold 15
In each of these cases, except four, intimation by letter of the specific unsatisfactory
condition, addressed to the responsible person, was sufficient to obtain
improvement, but in the four cases where paraffin oil was stored in close proximity
to the milk, and no improvement had been made on receipt of the initial communication,
recourse was had to the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922,
and the occupiers were served with notice to appear before the Public Health
Committee, with the result that the purveying of milk or oil ceased from the
particular premises. In all the other instances (11) the paraffin oil was removed
from the shop, or the sale of milk was discontinued.
The unsatisfactory coverings were generally of muslin stretched across a
vvoodon or wire hoop, and had for many years been the accepted method of preventing
the milk from contamination by dust, but the inspectors frequently found
that these were missing from the proper place over the vessels and no protection
afforded to the milk. This method is now changed, and metal ventilated covers
are provided, except in a few instances where the milk vessel is enclosed in a glass
case.
There is an increase in the number of shops in which milk is sold in sealed
bottles, but as these shops are excluded from the definition of "dairy" under the
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders by the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation)
Act, 1915, which came into operation on the 1st September of this year, less
attention need be paid to them. It is, however, advisable that their situation
should be noted so that occasional visits may be paid by the Sanitary Inspectors
in order to see that the bottles are kept sealed and not broached for the purpose
of selling small quantities of milk, as this action would constitute the premises a
" dairy." Some inspection is therefore necessary of these purveyors of milk.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
During the year the following applications were made for licences under the
provisions of above Order to enable the persons to sell Specially Designated
Milk: