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Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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milk is not up to a reasonable standard of bacterial purity the
supplier, whether retailer or producer, is notified. At the same
time he is invited to interview the Chief Sanitary Inspector. The
methods of production and distribution are discussed and suggestions
made, these when adopted have produced excellent results.
Whilst the milk distributed in the borough is uniformly of
excellent quality there remains the fact that a very large amount of
the milk as produced on the farms shows contamination which is
entirely unnecessary. This low standard makes it necessary for the
vendors to provide and maintain elaborate and expensive plant to
eliminate something which should be kept out at the source.
MILK AND DAIRIES (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1915, THE
MILK AND DAIRIES AMENDMENT ACT, 1922, AND THE
MILK AND DAIRIES ORDERS, 1926.
Cowkeepers, Dairymen and Purveyors of Milk.
The following statement shows the number of Cowkeepers, Cowsheds, Dairies and Purveyor of Milk Premises on the register:—
| Cowkeepers on register (1931) | 10 |
| ,, added to the register (1932) | – |
| ,, discontinued (1932) | 1 |
| Net | 9 |
| Cowsheds on register (1931) | 27 |
| ,, added to the register (1932) | – |
| ,, discontinued (1932) | 1 |
| Net | 26 |
| Number of cows provided for | 241 |
| Average number of cows in sheds (1932) | 234 |
| No. of dairies and purveyors of milk on register (1931) | 263 |
| No. of dairies and purveyors of milk added to register (1932) | 92 |
| No. of dairies and purveyors of milk discontinued during 1932 | 28 |
| Net | 327 |
Grand total of cowsheds, dairies and purveyors of
milk on register, 31st December, 1932 353