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At the end of the year there were 77 retail purveyors of milk
registered in the Borough. Twenty-one of these registrations
were in respect of premises owned by one Company and used simply
as places for distributing bottled pasteurised milk received from the
Central Depot in another district. During the year a purveyor
of milk opened new premises for the purpose of selling milk and
there were nine new purveyors of milk registered who had purchased
premises from others who were on the register. Improvements
continue to be effected in such premises as are not simply
distributing centres for bottled milk. These improvements are
being brought about not only by the demands of the Inspectors
but at the instigation of the milk distributors themselves who find
that the public are now interested in the hygienic manner in which
milk is dealt with and distributed. The public are taking a share in
effecting these improvements, for by a visit to dairy premises
they can ascertain the nature of the methods employed by those
engaged in the trade. Many of the consumers have certainly
learned to choose their dairy in this way.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.— Under this Order 81
licenses were granted during the year, 32 for the sale of Certified
Milk, 25 for Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk, 23 for Pasteurised
Milk, and one for the sale of Grade A Milk.
Twelve samples of Certified Milk and five of Pasteurised
Milk were taken for bacteriological examination. In all of them
the results came within the standards laid down by the Order.
Twelve samples of ordinary unclassified milk were examined
for general bacterial content. Five of these had over 200,000
bacteria per cubic centimetre, the maximum being 850,000. The
attention of the vendors was drawn to the large bacterial content
and in one at least a marked improvement was effected as a
result.
Twelve samples of the same ordinary milk were examined
by the Lister Institute for the presence of tubercle bacilli. In
three these were found. On being reported to the Middlesex
County Council, in whose area the farms were situated, steps were