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advances, and the enforcement of the orders and regulations
is a very necessary part of the department's work. The
greater proportion of milk consumed in Bromley is produced
outside the area and must travel considerable distances before
distribution to the householder.
Premises registered for the sale of milk:
Milk shops 45
,, ,, selling pasteurised milk 3
,, ,, selling certified milk 3
,, ,, selling grade A milk 3
,, ,, selling grade A milk
(tuberculin tested) 3
The Department was successful in obtaining during 1925
a Grade A milk production at one farm; and have, I believe,
created an increased public demand for cleaner milk. There
is no doubt that milk continues to be distributed in a haphazard
and non-hygienic manner. There is now one firm who
have undertaken a wholly bottled and graded milk distribution.
There are several farms in the Borough which do not
reach a satisfactory standard.
Graded milks are known as "Certified," "Grade A,"
"Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)" and "Pasteurised," and no
milk can be sold under these grades unless authorised to do
so by the local authority. No licence can be granted unless
a certain standard of cleanliness is attained by the producer.
It is to be remembered by the public that milk sold in bottles
is not necessarily graded milk, and that the only milks licensed
are those in the aforesaid grades. "Nursery Milk," "High
Grade Milk," etc., are not graded milks. There is much to be
done by the Department in this field of preventive medicine,
but it is highly necessary that the public should help us, by
demanding a milk guaranteed by law to be clean.