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There were four dairymen outside the Borough who
had sold their businesses to either the Express Dairy Co.
or the United Dairies Ltd., and in one other case (Mr.
Thirlby, of Brook Farm, New Maiden), the business was
sold to Messrs. Offer & Son, Dairymen.
A careful revision of the Register was made and
visits were made to all the dairymen on the register.
Twenty-three names (including the 5 referred to above)
were removed either on account of business changes or
cessation of business, and 16 fresh entries were added to
the Register, leaving a total of 72 on the Register at the
end of the year, compared with 79 at the end of 1935.
There is only one cowkeeper in the Borough.
GRADED MILK LICENCES.
There is no licensed producer of graded milk in the
Borough, but 29 dealers' licences (including supplementary
licences) were issued during the year.
The dealers' licences were in respect of the following:
Certified 5
Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) 12
Grade "A" 1
Pasteurised Grade "A" 1
Pasteurised 10
Five samples of milk were submitted to the Clinical
Research Association labo'ratories for examination. All the
samples proved to be well within the bacteriological
standard and only one contained Bacillus Coli. Each of
the samples was submitted to an animal test for Tubercle
and the result in all cases was negative.
(b) MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
The number of animals slaughtered in the Borough
is again low, but it approximates very closely to that for
last year, viz.:— 3,517 compa'red with 3,677 for 1935. A
few years ago there were many more animals slaughtered
locally, but they were not destined for local consumption.
The butchers were dealers who used the local