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Food and Food Premises.
89
Prison, and 20 from the milk delivered to the County Schools
in the Borough. All these samples were reported as genuine.
467 samples were taken from milk vendors in the street during
the early morning (4 to 7 a.m.) and of these five or 1.0 per cent,
were reported against.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The following licences for the sale of designated milks were
granted during the year :—
Certified 24
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 48
Grade A Pasteurised 6
Grade A 4
Pasteurised 42
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
26 samples of milk were examined for the presence of Tubercle
Bacilli under Section 5 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922. In two cases the examination revealed the presence
of Tubercle Bacilli, the remaining 24 cases being free.
In one of the cases reported to have contained Tubercle Bacilli
further samples were taken with a negative result. The milk
from the farm under suspicion is being closely watched and sampled.
In the other case the information was sent to the County
Medical Officer of Health who has had veterinary examination of
the herd carried out. One cow was seized under the Tuberculosis
Order, 1925, and post-mortem examination revealed that the
animal was badly affected with Tuberculosis.
The following samples of Graded Milks procured from schools,
hospitals or dairymen, were submitted for bacteriological examination
in order to see if the bacterial content was within the prescribed
standard for the appropriate grade.