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and the present method of using a hand brush—often kept in
use after it has lost most of its bristles—is not satisfactory.
Power driven brushes are necessary for efficient cleansing.
Milk churns should be cleansed and then sterilised over a
steam jet, and this is done in many dairies. Sterilisation of
cans and bottles is essential to maintain the purity and
keeping properties of the milk, but, as far as I am aware,
this is not undertaken in this Borough.
Dairies are usually inspected in the afternoons at cleansing
times, and frequent conversations have taken place with
dairymen in order to try and obtain an improvement in their
methods. The Inspector, however, cannot always be present
and the co-operation of the dairymen must therefore be
secured. In this connection it is found that many dairymen
are appreciative of the advice of the inspector. The education
of all is slow, but it is progressing. In all retail milk shops,
where milk is sold over the counter, properly protected
counter pans are used.
Designated Milks. The Milk (Special Designations) Order,
1923, provides for the issue of licences for the production,
bottling, and sale of designated milks; prescribes such
conditions which should ensure that these milks are more
reliable than ordinary milk and reasonably safe in all ordinary
circumstances, and at the same time sets a standard which
is not beyond the average careful dairyman. These designated
milks are described as follows:—"Certified," "Grade
A (Tuberculin Tested)," "Grade A Pasteurised," "Grade A,"
and "Pasteurised." Supplementary licences may be issued
to sell milk in one area from licensed premises in another.
The following Table No. 37 shows the number and character
of the licences issued during the year. No licences were
refused. The fees payable in respect of each dealer's licence