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receptacles in which it was delivered to the shop, or a shop or other
place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only.
While a shop from which milk is not supplied otherwise than
in the properly closed and unopened receptacles, in which it is
delivered to the shop is not a dairy within the meaning of the
Act, the person who sells that milk in the unopened receptacles
is a purveyor of milk and must be registered with the local authority
before he is entitled to sell such bottled milk.
Number of premises where milk is bottled and sold
loose 18
Number of premises registered where milk is sold
loose only 9
Number of purveyors registered (registered in the
Borough) selling intact bottles 44
Number of purveyors operating in the Borough
from premises registered elsewhere 25
Total: 96
The Sanitary Inspectors made 51 visits to dairy premises
during the year, and any sanitary defects found were satisfactorily
remedied.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.—This Order
was made by the Minister of Health under the powers conferred
on him by Section 3 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act,
1922.
Under the Order, the Council may grant licences to distributors,
such licences to be valid only for a period ending on the 31st
December in each year.