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The term "dairy" does not include a shop from which milk is sold only in the
properly closed and unopened receptacles in which it is delivered to the shop. Premises
in which milk is sold only in sealed recsptacles accordingly do not require to be registered.
Persons selling milk in such sealed receptacles must, however, be registered as purveyors of
milk.
Section 2 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, gives the Local Authority
power to refuse registration or to remove from the register any retail purveyor of milk, if they
are satisfied that the public health is likely to be endangered by any act or default of such person.
Twenty-five applications for registration under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926,
were granted during the year.
Eleven applications in respect of itinerant vendors were also granted.

In addition to the above, six persons (firms) were also on the register at the end of
1936 in respect of premises at which retail trade in cream is conducted.
Milk in Sealed Containers.
During the year 22 persons were registered to sell milk in sealed containers, and 13 were
removed from the register. At the end of the year there were 232 persons on this register.
Milk Sampling out of Office Hours.
Requests are received from time to time from other Metropolitan Boroughs for samples
of milk to be taken by the Food Inspectors at railway stations within St. Pancras early in the
morning.
The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, which came into force on September 1st,
1925, provides for this duty, and Section 8 (4) of the Act states: "The Authority requiring
the samples to be taken shall be liable to defray any reasonable expenses incurred, the
amount whereof shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the Local Government Board
[Ministry of Health]."
It is the practice of this Council to charge a fee of 10s. 6d. each in respect
of samples taken under this section. The samples have to be taken very early in the morning,
usually between 3 and 4 a.m. The number of samples taken under this arrangement during
this year was fifteen, for which purpose three visits were made. The fees were handed to
the inspectors concerned in accordance with a resolution of the Council.
Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1923 and 1936.
On 1st June of the year covered by this report the Milk (Special Designations) Order,
1936, came into force, and introduced certain changes in regard to the titles of and standards
of purity of designated milk.