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During the year eleven licences were issued for the sale of
"certified milk," one licence to deal in grade "A" milk and
two licences to sell grade "A" milk.
Since September last all samples of milk procured for examination
for tuberculosis under the provisions of the Croydon Corporation
Act, 1900, have been submitted to a further examination for
bacterial count and for the presence of bacillus coli, blood, pus,
and detritus.

Included in the above total of 62 is one grade "A" milk and
seventeen samples procured at milking time and immediately
packed on ice.
The remaining forty-four samples were all procured at the
place of delivery (railway station or dairy) after a journey by rail or
road and thirty-two or 75 per cent. were equal to Grade " A " Milk,
while twelve fell below that standard in the bacterial count, in the
presence of bacillus coli or in both.
The results of these examinations seem, therefore, to indicate
that a considerable proportion of the ordinary milk supply is equal
in quality to Grade "A" Milk and might be so classified if the
conditions of transport and distribution were complied with. The
number of samples examined, however, was relatively small, and