View report page

67
tion being rail-borne. Only a small proportion is produced in the
Borough, due largely to the absorption of land for building
purposes and the decreasing amount available for pasture.
The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, and the Milk
and Dairies Orders gave additional powers to deal with milk
premises.
The various premises used for the sale of milk have again
received careful attention. Separate premises for the storage of
milk and washing utensils are required before registration is
granted. Additional alterations have been made to existing
dairies, new dairies, including a large model dairy which embodies
the latest ideas in dairy equipment, have been completed.
Mechanical refrigeration is largely used by dairvmen in the
Borough as part of their dairv equipment.
Three large firms retail bottled milk exclusively. Other firms
are rapidly coming into line, with the result that an increase of
over 5 per cent, in the sale of bottled milk has taken place during
the year.
Enquiries show that approximately 17,616 gallons of milk are
sold daily in the Borough ; of this amount 90% is bottled, whilst
only 6% is retailed as loose milk, the remaining 4% being sold
wholesale to large consumers.
These figures are interesting and show the great changes
which have taken place in the distribution of milk. I think a stage
will soon be reached when the retail sale of loose milk in the
Borough will be a thing of the past. 9,98-5 gallons of graded milk
are sold dailv in the Borough, this being an increase of over 600
gallons per dav compared with the figures for 1929.
Sampling for both chemical and bacteriological analysis has
been maintained during the vear.
When a sample of milk is not up to the recognised standard
the supplier, whether retailer or producer, is invited to interview
the Chief Sanitary Inspector, when the methods of production and
distribution are discussed and in consequence a number of producers
have adopted suggestions made, with excellent results.
These educational methods are appreciated by the producers, who
are, from time to time, accompanied by employees.