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An application for registration as a dairy in respect of
a general shop was withdrawn after an inspection of the
premises concerned.
Generally speaking, all milk delivered in the Borough
early in the morning is contained in bottles. In a few
instances the old type handcan is still used during the second
round, but the more progressive milk retailers have entirely
discarded this unsatisfactory method, and no milk is
delivered by them except in bottles which are filled and
sealed in properly constructed hygienic dairies. It is an
offence under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, for any
person to interfere with the disc or cap of the milk bottle
after it has left the dairy and before delivery to the
consumer. Likewise it is an offence to fill milk bottles in
the street.
In order to ascertain that the provisions of the Order
are observed it is necessary for observations to be made
early in the morning. During the past year, warnings were
given in two instances where it was suspected that bottles
had been filled in the street.
The attention of householders has been directed from
time to time to the obvious dangers which may accrue from
the practice of placing empty milk bottles on the public footpath
ready for collection. It may be said that all the bottles
are cleansed and washed before refilling, but that is not
a good reason, or even an excuse, for placing the bottles
where they may be fouled in no uncertain manner. The
time has not yet arrived when every dairy, small and large,
is provided with a plentiful supply of steam for sterilisation
purposes, and merely washing a bottle is not a sufficient
safeguard against bacterial contamination. Warnings have