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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.
Four applications were received from persons desirous of
being registered under the Milk and Dairies Acts and Orders.
Registration was granted in each case.
There were on the registers at 31st December, 1937, one
cow-keeper, thirty dairymen, twenty-one dairymen and purveyors
and twenty-nine retail purveyors.
Eighty-six inspections were made of the premises of
dairymen and purveyors of milk in the district. Conditions
discovered requiring attention were promptly dealt with.
Continued attention was paid to the prevention of the
bottling of milk in the streets.
No action was necessary with regard to tuberculous milk
or cattle.

Under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1936, which came into operation on 1st June, 1936, the
number of grades is reduced to three, namely, Tuberculin Tested,
Accredited, and Pasteurised.
Bacteriological Examination.—Fifteen samples of milk were
taken for bacteriological examination under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order; four were found not to comply wholly
with the bacteriological standards laid down. In each ease
the dealer was informed of the result of the examination and
advised to take adequate steps to comply with the conditions
of the licence. Subsequent samples were taken with satisfactory
results.
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