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them as retailers, and in October they were fined £5 for being
unregistered. Within a few days, fresh applications were received
from another firm in respect of these premises. There was a
further offence of bottling in the street and towards the end of
November, the inspectors detected members of the firm reconstituting
milk at the dairy premises. In January of this year they
were fined £5 and 5 guineas costs in respect of these offences.
In brief the present position is that persons trading as a
company can flout the law owing to the delay in following the
procedure laid down in the Act, particularly the time permitted
for appeal. Individuals can carry on a round in spite of the
quality of their milk; after many weeks they are convicted by
the Court, but before the penalties are paid, the company has
gone out of existence and the same individuals are trading in the
name of another company. The premises have been used as a
dairy, though unregistered, since the end of 1932, and these
individuals have carried on a round though not registered as
retail purveyors. Vast sums in total have been inflicted as fines,
though very small payments have been made, and the milk supplied
to the public has a very poor bacterial count and part is
reconstituted.
Milk Sampling.
During the year 122 samples of milk were analysed; the
same system of sampling was continued. The following table
shows the results of these analyses, divided into those produced
on a small scale and those distributed by large companies

Those milks which are classed as being not satisfactory in
spite of possessing a relatively low bacterial count may possess
cells or sediment, or have a high B.Coli count.
Seven samples of milk were submitted to biological examination.
One proving positive resulted in the detection of the
cows suffering from tubercular udders. These cows
slaughtered early in this year.