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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Food Premises in the Borough
Bakers' Shops 27
Butchers Shops 41
Cafes and Restaurants 50
Chemists Shops 16
Confectionery and Sweet Shops 86
Dairies and Milk Shops 39
Pried Pish Shops 11
Wet Pish Shops 12
Greengrocers Shops 46
Grocers' Shops 88
Public Houses and Off-licences 37
Pood Factories 9
(b) Milk Supply
The following licences for the sale of milk under special
designations have been granted to the 39 premises registered for
the sale of milk in the Borough:-
Tuberculin Tested
9
Pasteurised
13
Sterilised
32
Supplementary licences to sell milk from premises which are
outside the area of the Licensing Authority
Tuberculin Tested
7
Pasteurised
8
Sterilised
12
Eighteen samples of milk were submitted for examination during
the year and all of these conformed to the standards under the
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1949.
Great advances have been made during the past 50 years to
protect the public's health and ensure that the milk supply of
this country is second to none. The Pood & Drugs Act, 1955 consolidates
previous Acts and Regulations relating to milk. Yet in
1906 it was a different story as can be seen from the following
extract from the report of that year
"It is unfortunate that Local Authorities are bound to register
all applicants for registration quite apart from the state
of the premises from which the milk is sold or stored or whether
the premises are suitable for storage of milk.
Having regard to the importance of a pure milk supply, especially
with respect to infantile mortality, it is a matter of
surprise that an Act has not been made whereby ail dairies,
cowsheds and milk shops would have to be certificated by the
Local Authorities before being allowed to sell an article of
such vital importance. There is no doubt that Urban Districts
have during the past few years put in force all the powers given
them with respect to the Milk Trade, but it requires the cooperation
of Rural Districts at the source of supply, and Carriers
in Transit, before the problem of a purer milk supply is solved."
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