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In concluding my remarks on this subject, I wish to
acknowledge the ready assistance and the facilities which the
various food purveyors in the district have given when their
premises have been visited. In no case was there any impediment
to the free inspection of the food on their premises.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS.
Seven new Dairymen, Cowkeepers, or Purveyors of Milk
were registered during the past year, and three of those already
registered gave up business, thus making a total number of
31 at present on the register.
The whole of the premises have been periodically inspected
to see that they were kept in accordance with the provisions
of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshcps Order, 1885, and the
Regulations made thereunder by your Council.
On the occasion of the inspections, a number of sanitary
defects, chiefly of a minor character, were discovered. Upon
the occupiers' attention being called to these defects they immediately
had the works necessary to remedy the same carried
out.
In shops where milk is sold, and in which other goods
besides dairy produce is kept, the vessels containing the milk
for sale are required to be kept properly covered. Steam plant
is provided in several of the dairies for cleansing the utensils,
and this is unquestionably a great improvement on the method
of cleansing milk utensils with boiling water only.
The cowsheds have been generally well kept, but in several
instances it was necessary to request the occupiers to carry out
the periodical limewashing required by your Council's regulations.
The total number of cows kept in the District is 227, thus
showing that a large proportion of the milk consumed by