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SUPERVISION OF FOOD SUPPLY
Milk Supply.—There are one cowshed and 80 dairies and milkshops
on the register.
Of the 80 premises from which milk is retailed, 8 are branches
of one firm, and 2 of another firm; 21 of the registered purveyors
have shops and rounds, 16 have rounds only, 5 are dairy shops. 3
are caterers of food primarily, and 35 have general shops. The
latter only sell a small quantity.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act 1922 came into
operation in September, 1922. Section 2 provides that if the
Council is satisfied that the public health is, or is likely to be,
endangered by any act or default of any person who is registered
or seeks to be registered as a retail purveyor of milk in relation
to quality, storage or distribution of milk, notice must be served
upon such person to appear before the Council not less than 7 days
after the date of the Notice to show cause why he should not be
removed from the register or his name not placed upon it.
Provision is made for an appeal from the Council's decision if
notice is given within 21 days.
During the year, the Health Committee considered the question
of registration of general shops. In many instances milk was sold
in general shops. In some of these paraffin, vinegar, wood and
other articles were sold and the milk was kept in a vessel on the
counter not in any practical and efficient way protected from any
contamination which might arise from the other articles.
The Committee decided that in no instance would they register
a person who sold milk in the same room as paraffin. In the
majority of cases the owner of the premises gave up the sale of
paraffin, but in six the sale of paraffin was probably more profitable
than the sale of milk, and the Committee decided to strike these six
off the register. No appeal was made against the decision of the
Committee.
It will be noticed that 16 purveyors have rounds only.
As far as this district is concerned, the "round only" business
is comparativly a new development. It owes its origin to many
causes.