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1928
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
There are 79 dairies and milkshops on the register.
There are at present no cowsheds in the Borough, and all the
milk is produced outside the district. We are entirely concerned
here with the distribution of milk. One of the most important
changes in the distribution of milk has been the extension of the
sealed bottle system of distribution. There is no doubt that
this change has been entirely for the good. In many of the
milk-shops and dairies, other goods besides milk and butter are
sold, and the storage of the milk in bottles conduces towards
cleanliness. This mode of delivery also obviates the danger of
contamination in the streets. It is far more hygienic than the
old method of supplying the milk into a jug from a churn in the
street. It has also finished the constant complaints of short
measure with which we were familiar in the old days.
Meat Inspection.
There are two slaughter-houses in the district: in one of
these pigs alone are slaughtered, and in the other no pigs are
slaughtered.
The following tables give the total amount of unsound
food surrendered and the carcases of pig's inspected, etc.