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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

Milk.
There has been a very definite improvement in milk vending.
The standard of a milk shop is also steadily improving. The
popular demand for a cream line is producing a simultaneous demand
for efficient pasteurising owing to the lack of cream line as
a result of flash pasteurising. Much of the advantage of a clean
milk supply is lost by the decanting of the milk when delivered
from the bottle into unsterilised containers. It is far better in the
smaller homes if they would retain the milk in the bottles as delivered,
keeping something over the top to ensure the absence of
flies and dust.
381 inspections were carried out in respect of cowsheds, dairies
and milkshops.
Unofficial milk analyses are made by the Medical Officer of
Health.
The standard of the milk supply in the district on the whole
has improved. Very little of the milk which is sold in the district
now is not pasteurised, although only 3 firms were licensed to sell
"pasteurised" milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Order,
1923, during the greater part of the year, and 1 other firm towards
the end of the vear.