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Two applications in respect of itinerant vendors were also received and granted.
The following list gives particulars as to the purveyors of milk on the register at the
end of 1928:—
Number of purveyors of milk from retail milkshops on the register at the
end of 1927 209
Deduct number removed from the register during the year 1928 —19
Add number of purveyors registered by resolution of the Council
during 1928 +20
Total number of purveyors of milk from retail milkshops on register at
the end of 1928 210
In addition to the above, there were also on the register at the end of 1928 two persons
in respect of premises where a wholesale trade in cream only is done, and 14 itinerant vendors
without retail milkshops.
Bottled Milk.
During the year 18 persons were registered to sell milk in sealed bottles, and six were
removed from the register. At the end of the year there were 77 persons on this register.
Milk Sampling out of Office Hours.
Requests are received from time to time from other Metropolitan Boroughs for samples
of milk to be taken by the Food Inspectors at railway stations within St. Pancras early in the
morning.
The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act provides for this duty, and Section 8 (4) of
the Act states: "The Authority requiring the samples to be taken shall be liable to defray
any reasonable expenses incurred, the amount whereof shall, in default of agreement, be
settled by the Local Government Board [Ministry of Health]."
The Council decided in February, 1902, that any firm or person requesting a sample of
milk to be procured in course of consignment should be required to pay a fee of 10s. 6d., but
no charge has been agreed with other Borough Councils requesting our Inspectors to take
samples on their behalf. The samples have to be taken very early in the morning, usually
between 3 and 4 a.m.
After consideration by the Public Health Committee, it was decided that the fee fixed
by the Council in 1902 should be adopted in respect of samples taken under the new Milk and
Dairies Act, and the following recommendation was approved by the Council:—
That any Local Authority requesting the Food Inspectors of this Authority to
take a sample of milk in course of consignment from a consignor to a consignee be
required to pay at the time of making the request a fee of 10s. 6d. for a sample or
samples from any one source, and that the fee be handed over to the Inspector
undertaking the sampling.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The special designations under which milk may be sold comprise the following:—
"Certiled," "Grade A (tuberculin tested)," "Grade A," and "Pasteurised."
The Order states the conditions which must be complied with before a licence can be
granted in connection with the production, distribution and sale of such milk. Any such licence
is valid for not more than one year and expires on December 31st in each year.