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ICE CREAM.
The customary inspections in connection with the manufacture and sale of
Ice Cream were carried out during the summer months.
In instances where the place of manufacture was found to be outside the City,
enquiries were made in order to ascertain whether the ice cream was being produced
under proper conditions. Two replies under this heading stated that either
the premises or the process employed was not satisfactory, and suitable action was
taken by the Authorities concerned.
In one instance the barrow and utensils used by an itinerant vendor were
found to be in a neglected condition, and the barrow did not bear the name and
address of the vendor displayed in a conspicuous manner. Enquiries from the
Authority of the district in which the address given was situated showed that the
conditions there were satisfactory. This vendor was cautioned.
Infringements of the regulations were found at seven premises within the
City area. The occupiers were at once notified. Suitable alterations were made in
six cases, and in the remaining instance the manufacture was discontinued.
THE MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
The supervision of the sale of milk has been continued throughout the year
on the lines indicated in my Annual Report for 1923.
Twelve new applications for Registration as Retail Purveyors of Milk were
received and investigated. Eleven of these were eventually approved, and one
was refused owing to the premises being unsuitable.
In two instances, the consideration of which was not completed before the
end of 1923, liberal periods of grace were given to milksellers to enable them to
make arrangements which would satisfy the requirements laid down.
In two cases radical alterations were made to premises in order to complv
with the minimum requirements of the Sanitary Committee for basements used
as dairies or in connection with dairy work.
REGISTRATION STATISTICS.
Number of Retail Purveyors of Milk on the Register at the end of 1923 334
New Applications for Registration received 12
Applications granted 11
Applications refused 1
Names of Retailers removed from the Register 6
Number of Retail Purveyors of Milk on the Register at the end of 1924 339
Number of Milksellers (other than Retail Purveyors of Milk) on the Register at the
end of 1924 Nil.
Licences issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 4
INSPECTIONS OF PREMISES WHERE MILK IS RETAILED.
During the year 1924, 463 inspections were made in connection with the supervision
of the sale of milk. These included routine inspections and visits to supervise
various improvements and alterations found to be necessary during the initial
enquiries made under the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act during 1923.
EXAMINATION OF MILK..CHEMICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND
AS TO PRESENCE OF DIRT.
(A) CHEMICAL.—The percentage of milk adulteration for both formal and
informal samples together is 5.7 compared with 7.5 for 1923. Of the 14 adulterated
samples 12 were formal and 2 were informal samples. There were five
prosecutions and penalties were imposed in each case except two, where the
summonses were dismissed as the defendants each proved a warranty.