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(ii) The period for which a dealers' licence will be granted is
extended from one to five years.
(ill) Dealers' licences will permit sales outside as well as
inside the area of the licensing authority and supplementary licences
are therefore discontinued.
The number of licences issued by the Council during the year was as
follows
Dealer's Pasteurised 47
" Sterilised 55
" Tuberculin Tested 34
One shopkeeper was prosecuted during the year for selling designated
milk without a licence.
Milk Sampling.
The 64 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 Laboraties for testing. In each case a satisfactory
report was received. In addition, 51 samples were submitted to the
Public Analysts.
Liaison With other Authorities.
Our excellent liaison with the London Comity Council in respect of
the Hornchurch Children's Homes and the Brentwood Group Hospital
Management Committee in respect of Harold Wood Hospital regarding
the testing of their milk supplies (noted in last year's report)continues.
Shellfish.
Samples of shrimps, winkles, cockles and jellied eels were sent for
examination during the year with satisfactory results.
School Canteens.
A basis for successful co-operation with the Local Education Authority
and their Divisional Executive Committee having been established,
good reasons exist for hoping that future supervision will relate merely
to current happenings - the backlog of unfinished minor work having
been completed and largely a fresh start permitted.