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The rooms are well lighted and ventilated, but at the same time
are carefully protected from the entrance of dust.
The Dairy has marble benches. An "Alfa-Laval" separator is
used for separating the additional cream required. Milk on
arrival is carefully strained through a "Ulax" strainer. Milk, on
receipt, is tested by a "Gerber," tester.
The Milk is brought from a farm in a special form of churn
which protects it from contamination during transit. The milk
is obtained from a farm in the Borough, situated on high ground,
near Chislehurst, which is frequently inspected by the Council's
Inspectors and Medical Officer of Health.
The cows are out in the fields most of the year; the cowsheds
are supplied with Kent water, well ventilated and lighted, well
paved and carefully cleansed; the men's hands are washed before
milking, and the cows' hind quarters and tails kept clipped.
The farm has been recently re-drained under the supervision of
the Public Health Department.
The cows are inspected twice yearly by a Veterinary Inspector
employed by the London County Council. In this and other
ways, precautions will be taken to insure the milk being as pure
as possible.
The milk is not sterilized unless during hot weather. It is
Pasteurized, i.e., raised to a temperature of 170 degrees for 15
minutes. Such a temperature kills harmful microbes, and yet
the physical changes in the milk are practically nil, and the
temperature remains far below boiling point.
Arrangements have been made for delivering the milk, which
constitutes a new departure in municipal milk-depots. The
Public Health Committee considered that the large extent of the
Borough, stretching as it does 7 miles in one direction and 3½ in
another, made it necessary either to have several distributing
stations or to deliver the milk from house to house, For various