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38.
SECTION E,
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
It need hardly be stressed that important as food
inspection is in norms!, times, it is much more so in times
of national emergency buch as we have experienced; hence,
every care has been taken to ensure, as far as practicable
with limited staff, the continuance of a pure and wholesome
food supply.
(a) MILK SUPPLY.
At the commencement of the year 1939, there wore
77 persons registered as Dairymen in the borough. During
the following years this number was considerably reduced
for one reason or another, but principally as a result of th€
government scheme of rationalisation-of milk delivery. At
the end of 1943 there were 40 persons registered as dairymen
but some of these have no dairy in the town.
There is only one cowkeeper in the borough.
Below will be found a tabular statement of the number
of licences issued under the provisions of the Milk (Special
Designations) Regulations 1936 to 1942.

During' the five years under review 136 samples of
milk were taken for bacteriological examination and 56
samples for biological examination. The yearly total
and the numbers of unsatisfactory samples are shown
below. The high proportion of unsatisfactory samples
in 1943 was due almost entirely to delays in transport
consequent upon the reorganisation of the wholesale
supplies.