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Milk Supply.
It is interesting to note that 98% of our local milk supply is
either pasteurised or tuberculin tested. The amount of raw milk
distributed locally is therefore exceedingly small although even then
the view might be advanced that on grounds of pure hygiene it is
not small enough.
We have within the district two pasteurising plants, the
efficiency of which is frequently tested. Considerable publicity has
been given in the past by many quarters to the necessity for maintaining
a strict watch upon the performance of pasteurising plants
and there is no doubt but that in fact maintaining at its full working
potential and efficiency such a plant is a matter of considerable
complexity and concern both to the operator of the plant and the
local Public Health Department.
It should be said that locally we do have the full co-operation
of the plant owners in the difficulties which in the very nature of
things do occasionally arise.
The results which we obtain from our testing are satisfactory.
There are 13 milk distributors with registered premises in the
district. There are also 13 firms registered as milk distributors in
Hornchurch whose premises are registered in other districts. In
addition 19 shopkeepers are registered for the sale of bottled milk
only.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949,
and The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949.
The number of licences issued by the Council during the year
was as follows:—
Dealer's (Pasteuriser's) 2
Dealer's Pasteurised 20
Supplementary Pasteurised 5
Dealer's Sterilised 38
Supplementary Sterilised 5
Dealer's Tuberculin Tested 16
Supplementary Tuberculin Tested 4
Dealer's Accredited 1
Milk Sampling.
The 134 samples of milk taken from the dairies and in the
streets during the course of delivery to customers throughout the
year were submitted to the Counties Public Health Laboratories for
testing. Nine samples failed to satisfy the prescribed tests and the
necessary follow-up action was taken.
Ice Cream.
Ice cream manufacturers, vendors and premises are required
to be registered by the Council under Section 158 of the Essex
County Council Act, 1933, which was adopted by the Council by
resolution on 20th February, 1934.