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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
(i) Persons and Premises registered as at 31st December, 1944:—
Premises registered as dairies and milkshops 38
Cowkeepers registered 3
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk 45
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk in sealed
cartons or containers 78
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk (sterilised)
in sealed bottles 41
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk in sealed
cartons or containers; and also sterilised in sealed
bottles19
Persons registered as retail purveyors of cream 11
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk in the Ilford
district, whose premises are outside the Borough .. 19
Persons registered as wholesale purveyors of milk .. 7
Persons registered as wholesale purveyors of milk (sterilised)
in sealed bottles. 3
Person registered as a wholesale purveyor of milk in
sealed cartons or containers 1
258 inspections of dairies, milkshops, cowsheds and other premises where
milk is sold were carried out during the year.
103 inspections (included in above) were made of 3 cowsheds on farms
registered under the provisions of the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act,
1915, and the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, and the Milk and
Dairies Order, 1926.
2 of the 3 registered cow-keepers are wholesale and retail purveyors of
milk; 1 is a retail purveyor only.
Of the 183 premises from which milk is retailed in Ilford, 16 are
branches of one firm, 5 of another, and 2 another, 7 retail from dairy shops
or stores, 7 from a general shop and 8 from restaurants, 11 are retailers in
a small way with rounds; while 40 sell sterilised bottled milk only, 14 sell
sterilised milk and also milk in sealed containers, and 73 retail milk in
sealed containers only. In 3 premises, pasteurising plant has been installed.
Only 2 of these have, however, been licensed. In addition, 1 firm, having
premises outside the district, is registered as a wholesale purveyor of milk
in sealed containers.
(ii) Licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designations)
Orders, 1936 and 1938 during 1944 for the sale of:—
"Tuberculin Tested" Milk 8
"Pasteurised" Milk 14
The above include supplementary licences which were issued for
"Tuberculin Tested" milk, 3; and "Pasteurised" milk, 4. These are
licences granted to firms who already have a primary licence from another
Authority, the milk being bottled outside the town, but sold in Ilford.
In addition to the above, the Essex County Council granted 1 producer's
licence in respect of " Accredited'' milk produced on a farm in the Borough
during the year 1944. This licence was, however, revoked by the Essex
County Council on the 28th September, 1944.