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SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
The current register of dairies, milk stores, etc.,
contains the following figures of registrations:—
(i) Premises within the Borough 83
(ii) Premises outside the Borough 26
The Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1936-1938.
The Local 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
The Sanitary Inspectors during 1938 made 75
inspections of dairies and milk shops, and defective conditions
were remedied in 12 instances.
Samples of milk have been taken systematically
throughout the year as follows:—
Bacteriological examinations—ordinary 25
graded milk 33
Tubercle bacilli 11
The presence of bacillus coli in 16 of the ordinary
milk samples taken was an unsatisfactory feature in the
reports on these samples, and 3 samples of pasteurised
milk showed presence of B. coli in a lesser degree.
Milk supplied to schools was subjected to sampling
on 11 occasions, and 2 samples were reported below
standard.
Milk. Contraventions.
No contraventions arose which called for statutory
action.