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for the storage and distribution of milk during the year, making a total of 253
licensed premises in the borough.
The dealers' licences were issued as follows:
Pasteurised milk 141
Sterilised milk 203
Ultra heat treated milk 48
Untreated milk 13
Milk is delivered in bulk tankers or churns to the processing dairies from all
parts of the United Kingdom. The supplies are sampled regularly to check the
bacteriological quality of the milk.
Two hundred and forty samples of milk were submitted to the Public Health
Laboratory for the appropriate tests and in only five instances were the results
unsatisfactory.
Nine samples of fresh cream and eight samples of imitation cream filled cakes
were taken from the bakery industry for bacteriological examination. There is no
statutory bacteriological standard for these products but on a comparable basis
with similar foods, five samples of fresh cream and four samples of imitation cream
cakes were unsatisfactory.
Advice on cleansing and sterilising equipment, particularly the piping bags,
was given in the unsatisfactory cases.
All schools are supplied with Pasteurised milk and the quality continues to be
satisfactory.
The Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959, make provisions in respect
of hygiene, construction, equipment and cleansing of premises where milk is produced,
processed, handled or stored. Regular inspections of the premises were
carried out and conditions found to be satisfactory.
Markets, Slaughterhouses and Knackers' Yards
There are no cattle markets, slaughterhouses or knackers' yards within the
borough.
(See Statistical Tables 37, 38 and 39)
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND RELATED SERVICES
In July the council resolved:
(a) That the responsibility for the provisions of the following legislation relating
to consumer protection and related services be transferred to the
Weights and Measures Inspectorate:
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