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Section v.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK SUPPLY.
The number of premises in the district registered as dairies is 4.
The number of purveyors of milk who sell by retail in the Borough
is 59. Forty-six of these purveyors retail milk from premises
situated within the Borough (4 from registered dairies, and 42 from
premises which do not constitute dairies); the remaining 13 purveyors
retail milk in this area from premises situated outside the
Borough.
The number of visits paid by the sanitary inspectors to the premises
of persons engaged in the milk trade during 1939 was 78.
Designated Milk.
During 1939 designated milk was retailed to customers in this
Borough by the same 7 purveyors details in respect of whose
licences were recorded in my Annual Report for 1938. All these
purveyors were granted licences to sell by retail "pasteurised" milk
and four of them licences to sell "tuberculin tested" milk. In
addition a licence was granted during the year to another purveyor
to sell "pasteurised" milk from a milk-shop situated in the Borough.
Adulteration.
Nineteen samples of milk were taken by the County Inspector
under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. Only one of these was
found to be adulterated.
Refusal or Revocation of Registration.
The Council did not during 1939 refuse or revoke registration
on the grounds that the public health was, or was likely to be, endangered
by any act or default of any purveyor in relation to the quality,
storage or distribution of milk.
Tuberculous Milk and Tuberculous Cattle.
There has been no instance where there was reason to suspect
that tuberculosis was caused or likely to be caused by the consumption
of milk sold in the district. There is no cowshed in the area. The
Council is not a Local Authority for the purposes of the Diseases of
Animals Act, 1894.