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Milk Retailers.
There are 22 milk retailers with registered premises in the
District, including 8 producers who are registered both as producers
and retailers.
In addition there are 20 persons registered as milk retailers in
Horn church, but whose premises are registered in neighbouring
districts.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.

In addition 15 supplementary licences, 8 for Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested) milk, 6 for Pasteurised milk, and 1 for Grade A milk
were issued. these being licences required by retailers who hold
principal licences in another district and wish to sell the milk in this
district from premises elsewhere.
Milk Sampling.
During the year, 76 samples of milk were examined for cleanliness
and bacterial content by the County Bacteriologist. They
included 32 samples of graded milk, 26 of which were satisfactory,
and 44 samples of raw milk, of which 30 were satisfactory. An
excerpt from the report on each sample is given below.
Grade of
Milk.
Number of
Bacteria.
Presence of
B. Coli.
Remarks.
1. Pasteurised 9.800 Absent in 1 c.c. Satisfactory.
2. ,, 5,500 Absent in 1 c.c. ,,
3. ,, 240,000 Present in 0.001 c.c. Unsatisfactory.
4. ,, 16,000 Present in 1 c.c. Satisfactory.
5. ,, 15,000 Absent in 1 c.c. ,,
6. ,, 192,000 Present in 0.001 c.c. Unsatisfactory.
7. ,, 2,900 Absent in 1 c.c. Satisfactory.
8. ,, 3,500 Absent in 1 c.c. ,,
9. ,, 53,000 Present in 0.001 c.c. Unsatisfactory.
10. ,, 1,500 Absent in 1 c.c. Satisfactory.
11. ,, 54,000 Present in 0.001 c.c. Unsatisfactory.
12. ,, 13,000 Present in 1 c.c. Satisfactory.
13. ,, 25,000 Absent in 1 c.c. ,,
14. ,, 6,100 Absent in 1 c.c. ,,
15. ,, 11,000 Present in 0.01 c.c. ,,
16. ,, 120,000 Present in 0.001 c.c. Unsatisfactory.