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SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
The current register of dairies, milk stores, etc., is
made up as follows:—
(i) Premises within the Borough 82
(ii) Premises outside the Borough 26
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.
The Loral Authority has issued the following licences
for graded milk :—
Pasteuriser's Licence 1
Dealers' Licences:
"Pasteurised" milk 14
"Tuberculin Tested " milk 9
Supplementary Dealers' Licences:
"Pasteurised" milk 3
"Tuberculin Tested" milk 4
In my preamble to this Annual Report I have touched
on the question of misuse of bottles used in the distribution
of milk, and on the carelessness in the collection of
empty bottles by the distributors. There, also, I have
referred to the advantages of distribution of milk in
cartons, and the disadvantages arising from the vise of open
vans for milk delivery to customers, and the improvement
that would result from the use of refrigeration equipment
in delivery vans. There is, therefore, no more that I can
usefully offer on this subject for consideration under tinheading
at the present time.
The sanitary inspectors have made 90 visits during
1937 to dairies, cowsheds and milk shops, and the
remedying of defective conditions in four instances have
been secured. Milk in the course of delivery has been
examined on 21 occasions.
Samples of milk have been taken regularly throughout
the year for the examination of bacterial count, and
tubercle bacilli.