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Cowsheds.
There are no licensed cowsheds in the Borough.
Dairies and Milkshops.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, requires the Sanitary Authority to register all persons
in their district carrying on the trade of cowkeeper or dairyman, and also all premises which
are used as dairies.
The term "dairy" does not include a shop from which milk is sold only in the
properly closed and unopened receptacles in which it is delivered to the shop. Premises
in which milk is sold only in sealed receptacles accordingly do not require to be registered.
Persons selling milk in such sealed receptacles must, however, be registered as purveyors of
milk.
Section 2 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, gives the Local Authority
power to refuse registration or to remove from the register any retail purveyor of milk, if they
are satisfied that the public health is likely to be endangered by any act or default of such person.
Sixteen applications for registration under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, were
granted during the year.
Four applications in respect of itinerant vendors were also granted.
The following list gives particulars as to registrations and de-registrations during the year.
Milkshops.
Purveyors of Milk
(Itinerant).
Number on register at end of 1936
187
62
Number removed from register during 1937
12
7
Number added to register during 1937
16
4
Number on register at end of 1937
191
59
In addition to the above, six persons (firms) were also on the register at the end of
1937 in respect of premises at which retail trade in cream is conducted.
Milk in Sealed Containers.
During the year 63 persons were registered to sell milk in sealed containers, and 57 were
removed from the register. At the end of the year there were 238 persons on this register.
Milk Sampling out of Office Hours.
Requests are received from time to time from other Metropolitan Boroughs for early
morning samples of milk to be taken by the Food Inspectors at railway stations within
St. Pancras.
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]."