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is a branch of a large firm of retailers, 7 retail from dairy shops or
stores, 8 from general shops and 5 from restaurants. Four are
retailers in a small way with rounds and also provision for storage
of milk, while 25 sell sterilised bottled milk only.
In four premises, pasteurising plant has been installed. Only
two of these have, however, been licensed.
There are sis wholesale dealers in milk, all having cows on
the premises. Of these dealers, four are also retailers.
2. Licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1923, during 1929, for the sale of:—
"Certified" Milk 17
"Grade A" Milk 9
"Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)" Milk 28
"Pasteurised" Milk 21
"Grade A Pasteurised" Milk 1
The above include supplementary licences which were issued
for "Certified" milk, 17; "Grade A" milk, 5; "Grade A"
(Tuberculin Tested) milk, 8; and "Pasteurised" milk, 4.
These are licences granted to firms who already have a licence from
another Authority, the milk being bottled outside the town, but
sold in Ilford.
3. Milk Sampling.—Nine samples of "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested)," 6 samples of "Grade A," 1 sample of "Grade A
Pasteurised," 14 samples of "Pasteurised" milk, and 61 samples
of ordinary milk were taken.
The standard for "Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)" and "Grade
A" milk is that a sample shall be found to contain (a) not more
than 200,000 bacteria per cubic centimetre; and (b) no coliform
bacillus in one-hundredth of a cubic centimetre.