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The house was demolished by the owner.
After the appeal was heard and before the Minister announced
his decision proceedings had to be taken against the owner under
Sections 91—94 of the Public Health Act for allowing the premises
to get into an insanitary condition through their improper use by
others. The magistrates ordered the owner to carry out certain
works to prevent the premises from being improperly used and so
becoming a nuisance or injurious to health. The works were carried
out within the time indicated, the owner having to pay the costs
of the summons.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.—There are 10 cowkeepers on the Register as
producers of milk. As one would naturally expect in a district
where building operations are proceeding rapidly, the number of
dairy farms is gradually decreasing. Two farms have been sold
for development as building estates and two others have been
offered for sale, so that in a few years one may expect the complete
disappearance of cowsheds from the Borough.
At the end of the year there were 82 retail purveyors of milk
registered. Nineteen 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 two purveyors of milk
opened new premises for the purpose of selling milk, there were
eight new purveyors of milk registered who had purchased premises
from others who were on the register and two with premises in
another district were registered to retail milk within the Borough.
Four purveyors of milk gave up business during the year and were
removed from the register.
Improvements continue to be made in the methods of distributing
milk in retailer's premises. No milk is permitted to be sold
from general stores unless the milk is sold in sealed bottles and kept
in a cool place. Dairy premises have been greatly improved and
now all except two premises have a steam boiler so that steam is
available for sterilising milk cans and other receptacles. If bottling
is carried out proper means of sterilising these bottles has been
insisted upon, chiefly in the way of providing a steam sterilising
chest. All dairy premises except six have up to the present been
supplied with a steam chest.