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70 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of inspections of premises where food is sold
or prepared was 12,210, compared with 6,917 in 1925, and 3,244
in 1924, when a second Food Inspector was appointed, and the
duty of inspecting these premises was transferred from the District
Inspectors to the Food Inspectors.
A third Food Inspector was appointed in November, 1925,
and this has made it possible to carry out more frequent inspections
of premises where food is sold and prepared, so that the food
supply of the Borough is now under much closer supervision than
it was prior to 1924.
Milk Supply.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.—This Order came
into operation on the 1st October, 1926, and contains many new
provisions relating to the conduct of milk businesses, the cleanliness
of milk premises, utensils, and employees, the proper storage
of the milk, and the precautions to be taken on the occurrence
of infectious disease. The Order also requires all dairymen and
dairies to be registered. It was found necessary to serve notices
in respect of one dairy where a case of infectious disease occurred,
prohibiting the occupants of the dairy from taking part in the
business for 24 hours.
In order to comply with the requirements of this Order, the
dairies situated within the Borough have been inspected on many
occasions and numerous structural improvements have been
carried out by the dairymen under the supervision of the Inspectors.
In some cases these improvements have necessitated
complete reconstruction of the dairies, while in others it has been
possible to bring them up to date by improving existing structures.
There are now 246 registered milk premises in the Borough,
one of them being also a cowshed. 118 of these are premises
having a properly equipped dairy from which milk is sold by
milk rounds, and 128 of them are shops selling milk over the
counter, but with no rounds.
As a result of the improvements which have been carried
out, each of the 118 dairy premises operating a round is now