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The County Medical Officer took two other samples from supplies produced in
the district and these were both negative.
The bacteriological examination of all milk samples is carried out for this
Authority by the Counties Public Health Laboratories, of 91, Queen Victoria Street,
London, whilst the examination of samples of milk for the presence of tubercle
is carried out by Professor R. T. Hewlett, of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich,
by animal inoculation.
In addition to the foregoing, arising out of complaints received, two " informal "
samples of milk were submitted to the Public Analyst, who reported that both were
genuine samples of milk.
The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year
for the sale of graded milks under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923:—
" Certified " Milk 1
Grade " A " Milk 1
" Pasteurised " Milk 5
Grade " A " (T.T.) Milk 12
Grade " A " Milk, Pasteurised 2
Licences were granted to two local firms for the bottling of Grade " A " (T.T.)
Milk, and one for the treatment and sale of milk as " pasteurised."
There are in the district 46 retailers and 11 wholesale distributors of sterilised
milk.
Two milk roundsmen were prosecuted in respect of three contraventions of
Article 31 (2) of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
It will be seen that a considerable amount of work has been done in endeavouring
to maintain a satisfactory standard of food value and purity, but considerable
work yet remains to be done.