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the season of the year favourable to the keeping of milk. It would,
therefore, be premature to make any definite deduction until a more
prolonged series of samples has been obtained and the results of
the examinations made during different seasons of the year compared
.
COWKEEPERS, DAIRYMEN, Etc.
The following statement shows the number of Cowkeepers,
Dairymen, etc., on the register:—
Cowkeepers on register (1922) 11
,, added to register (1923) 3
,, removed from register (1923) 3
Cowsheds on register (1922) 19
,, added to register (1923) 4
,, removed from register (1923) 4
Number of cows provided for 188
Average number of cows in sheds (1923) 150
Number of dairymen and milk purveyors
on register (1922) 144
Number of dairymen and milk purveyors
added to register (1923) 77
Number of dairymen and milk purveyors
removed from register (1923) 27
Number of premises on register (1923) 242
,, ,, applications for registration
refused (1923) 3
CROYDON CORPORATION ACT, 1900.
PROVISIONS AS TO MILK SUPPLY.
During the year one hundred and thirty-two primary and
twenty-eight secondary samples of milk were procured and submitted
for examination for tuberculosis in accordance with the provisions
of the above Acts.
Twelve of the primary samples were from milk produced in the
borough and were obtained at the place of production. The samples
represented the milk of one hundred and thirty-six cows.
One hundred and twenty samples were from country-produced
milks and were obtained at the various railway stations or at the
place and time of delivery in the case of road-borne milk, each
sample representing on an average fifteen gallons of milk.