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Registration Statistics.
Number of Retail Purveyors of Milk on the Register at end of 1927 271
New Applications for Registration received 16
Applications granted 15
Applications refused 1
Names of Retailers removed from the Register 9
Number of Retail Purveyors of Milk on the Register at the end of 1928 277
Number of Milksellers (other than Retail Purveyors of Milk) on the Register at the end
of 1927 7
Licenses issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 Nil
Inspections of Premises where Milk is Retailed.—During the year 274 inspections were
made in connection with the supervision of the sale of milk. Suggestions made in the course
of inspections with a view to improvement in the handling of milk, methods of storage,
cleansing of vessels, etc., have generally been adopted. In one case a complete sterilizing
plant was installed and considerable improvement effected in the distributing part of the
business.
A copy of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, was supplied to each person newly registered
during the year.
Methods of distribution by hand barrows has received due attention.
Article 29 of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, became operative on the 1st October,
1928, by which every person shall cause every churn or vessel in which he dispatches milk
by rail or road to (1) have the name and address of the owner permanently marked thereon,
and (2) to provide it with a lid without openings, and so constructed and fitted as effectively
to prevent the access to the milk of dirt, etc., and the return to the interior of the receptacle
of any milk which may have been splashed above the lid.
Observations have consequently been made at the City railway stations, and, where
necessary, a communication has been sent to the consignors of churns which did not comply
with these requirements, drawing their attention to the matter. This action has resulted
in considerable numbers of churns being replaced or refitted. Time will be necessary to
allow of the complete removal from use of types of churns which are not desirable, but up
to the present some progress has been made in this direction.
examination of milk.
Chemical.—Thirteen samples, all of which were procured formally, were certified as
adulterated, giving a percentage of milk adulteration of 5.1, as compared with 6.3 for 1927.
There were eleven prosecutions and penalties were imposed in five cases; in two others,
the Magistrate was satisfied that the milk had been delivered as given by the cow, and
accordingly dismissed them; and the remaining four cases were dismissed under the Probation
of Offenders Act, with costs.
One vendor was cautioned, as legal proceedings were not considered advisable, and in
another instance a further sample was procured and legal proceedings successfully instituted.
None of the samples taken on Sunday mornings was reported against.
The following table shows the percentage of fat contained in each of the 252 samples
of milk examined. Six of this number contained fat in amounts below the point which
presumes adulteration, i.e., 3 per cent. The highest amount of fat contained in any sample
was 5.3 per cent. The average percentage of fat was 3.5.
Percentage
of Fat.
No. of
Samples.
Percentage
of Fat.
No. of
Samples.
*
2.2 1 3.7 16
2.5 1 3.8 19
2.6 1 3.9 15
2.7 1 4.0 9
2.8 1 41 9
2.9 1 4.2 5
3.0 17 4.3 3
3.1 19 4.4 3
3.2 21 4.5 1
3.3 26 4.7 3
3.4 33 5.3 1
3.5 26
3.6 20 Total 252