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other to wholesale purveyors and producers who do not sell
milk retail. The Act gives the Council power under certain
conditions to refuse to register a retail purveyor of milk or
to remove such a person from the register. This Act came
into force on the 1st September, 1922, and considerably
amplifies the powers of the Council already existing under
the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908 and
under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885.
In accordance with the Act the register of purveyors of milk
has been revised, and at the end of the year there were 81
retail purveyors of milk and 8 wholesalers or producers on
the register.
In December, 1922, the Minister of Health in exercise of
the powers conferred upon him by Section 3 of the Milk and
Dairies (Amendment) Act, made an Order regulating the sale
of milk sold under the following designations: Certified,
Grade A (Tuberculin tested), Grade A, and Pasteurised. This
Order empowers the local Authority to grant licences under
certain conditions, but no such licence had been issued by the
end of the year.
All the dairies and milkshops in the Borough have been
regularly inspected during the year.
There are 12 cowsheds in the Borough in which there are
524 milch cows. These cowsheds are subject to annual
licensing by the London County Council, and in consequence
a standard of cleanliness of a fairly high level is maintained.
No objection was made to the renewal of any licence by the
Borough Council at the annual licensing sessions of the London
County Council.
Action taken under the Sale of Foods and Drugs Acts and
the Milk and Cream Regulations, 1912-1917. The following
table shows the number of the various analyses made during
the year and the result of the analyses:—