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teresting to note the effect of the price of milk on the consumption,
and the figures were as follows :—
Milk at 3s. 4d. average weekly consumption 17,482 gallons.
" " 3s. 8d. " " " 15,682
" " 4s. " " " 14,151
We may take another comparison. In January 1919,
milk was retailed at 3s. 4d. a gallon and the average weekly consumption
was 17,255 gallons; in January 1920, when milk was
retailed at 4s. the average weekly consumption was 15,025 gallons.
In the five weeks ending January 31st, 1920, 11,152 fewer gallons
of milk was consumed in Acton compared with the corresponding
period of 1919.
Probably in the months when the retail price of fresh milk
was at its highest, there was an increased sale of condensed and
dried milks. The increased Sale of these though, would not materially
affect the total amount of milk consumed, and it may be
presumed .that the effect of the enhanced price was to reduce the
consumption by about 2,000 gallons a week.

Up to the end of June, the Council issued vouchers to Dairymen
for the supply of milk. This was discontinued and dried milk
was given instead of liquid milk.
In a previous annual report particulars were given of the
premises registered as milksellers, and the details have not altered
in any material degree. It was then pointed out that a number of