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(b) MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
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also been given to roundsmen who have left crates containing
full bottles on the pavement outside houses.
It is satisfactory to be able to record a steady but
continued growth in the demand for Tuberculin Tested
milk, one of the designated Grades of milk. This class of
milk deserves a much greater demand, for it is of high
grade and is sold in the Borough at very little above the
price of ungraded milk.
Legal proceedings were taken against a purveyor of
milk for exposing for sale milk which was unsound and unfit
for the food of man. As this offence is uncommon, the
facts are recorded briefly as follows:—On two separate days,
bottles of milk containing visible dirt were examined on,
and in course of delivery, respectively. The dirt was so
obvious in all the bottles that no less than 32 were "seized"
and condemned. A Bacteriological examination was made,
and a count of over 27,000,000 bacteria per c.c. was
recorded, whilst the deposit was described as being "considerable
in amount and consisting mainly of vegetable
debris."
The dairyman, whose premises were not situated in the
Borough, was fined £10 and ordered to pay £5 5s. costs,
whilst a charge of aiding and abetting on the part of the
roundsman was dismissed on payment of 4s. costs.

Only a proportion of these animals are killed for consumption
in Kingston. By far the greater number are purchased
by dealers in various cattle markets situated in the
home counties, or even further afield, and brought to