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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk Supply.—Practically all the milk for retail sale is
brought into the area from other districts. A few cows are
kept by private individuals for milk, but such milk is not
retailed. There were on the registers on 31st December, 1933,
one cowkeeper, thirty-six dairymen, seventeen dairymen and
purveyors, and twenty-one retail purveyors.
Frequent periodical inspections of the dairies were made.
The conditions under which the milk is stored and distributed
were found to be satisfactory.
A number of dairymen residing outside the Borough
were again found to be retailing milk in Wimbledon without
having been registered by this Authority. The purveyors
were informed of these contraventions, and as a result of
this, applications for registration were received. In all cases
registration waa granted.
It was not necessary to take any action under the Milk
and Dairies Order, 1926, during the year.
No action was necessary as to tuberculous milk or cattle.
The number of licences granted under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1923, was as follows:—
Pasteuriser's Licence 1
Dealers Licences:
Certified Milk 5
Grade A (T.T.) Milk 4
Grade A Milk 2
Pasteurised Milk 1
Supplementary Licences 15
Bacteriological Examination.—Two samples of milk,
taken for bacteriological examination under the Milk
(Special Designations) Order, were found not to comply
with the bacteriological standards laid down. Enquiries
shewed that the failure to maintain a satisfactory standard
in these cases was due to temporary difficulties, which were
immediately remedied.
The remaining five samples were all found to be satisfactory.
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