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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
There are 55 retailers of milk in the district, three
have discontinued during the year, the following being
the number of premises from which various classes of
milk are retailed :—
Ungraded Milk 37
Grade "A" Milk 5
Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk 10
Certified Milk 3
Pasteurised Milk 18
Carton Milk 16
Sterilised Milk 16
The number of company distributing centres is 18.
There are now only three cowkeepers in the district,
one having discontinued during the year.
As a result of copies of the analyst's reports having
been sent to the County Medical Officer, it was
ascertained that in one instance a cow was suffering
from Johne's disease, and in another instance that two
cows were suffering from Tuberculosis, these two animals
being dealt with under the Tuberculosis Order of 1925.
Two precautionary samples were taken from a
retailer working from a district in which there were
notified cases of paratyphoid fever.