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The number of automatic milk vending machines continues
to increase, there now being five. All but one of these are on the
forecourt of milk distributor's premises.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Twenty-one samples of designated milk were taken with the
following results:—
Number passing phosphatase test 18
Number failing phosphatase test —
Number passing methylene blue test 17
Number giving unsatisfactory methylene blue result 1
Number passing the turbidity test (sterilised) 3
Number failing turbidity test (sterilised) —
Twenty-one samples of milk were submitted for chemical
examination, all of which proved satisfactory.
ICE CREAM.
Seventeen samples were taken during the year. Nine were
placed in Grade I, five in Grade II and two in Grade III, and one
in Grade IV.
Investigations were made into the circumstances surrounding
unsatisfactory samples and where necessary follow-up samples were
purchased.
No manufacture of ice cream takes place within the district.
PIGGERIES.
There are 14 piggeries in the district, indicating no change
from the previous year. The number of pigs kept is approximately
2,020.
One large piggery houses 1,000 animals and two others 750
and 270 respectively.
Eighty-five visits have been paid to these sties.