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The following list gives particulars as to the purveyors of milk on the register at the
end of 1933:—
Number of purveyors of milk from retail milkshops on the register at the
end of 1932 208
Deduct number removed from the register during the year 1933 —42
Add number of purveyors registered by resolution of the Council
during 1933 +37
Total number of purveyors of milk from retail milkshops on register at
the end of 1933 203
In addition to the above, the following were also on the register at the end of 1933:—
3 persons (firms) in respect of premises where a wholesale trade in milk is done.
2 „ (firms) „ „ „ cream „
4 „ „ retail „ „ „
and 30 itinerant vendors without retail milkshops.
Milk in Sealed Containers.
During the year 37 persons were registered to sell milk in sealed containers, and 14 were
removed from the register. At the end of the year there were 181 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, which came into force on September 1st,
1925, 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 had 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 Milk and
Dairies (Consolidation) 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 production, distribution and standards of purity of the various grades of milk sold
under special designations are governed by powers contained in the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922, and the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.