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Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
The following statistics relate to the sale of milk in the area:—
Registration particulars—
| Number of premises registered— | |
| (a) Selling loose milk | 13 |
| (b) Selling in bottles and sealed containers | 37 |
| (c) Selling in sealed cartons only (B.D. Milk) | 28 |
| Total | 78 |
In addition to the above, eleven persons are registered as
"purveyors of milk" working from registered premises outside
the Borough.
From the above it will be noted that there are no farms or
cow-keepers within the area, all the milk being brought into
the district.
In eight cases only is the actual bottling of the milk carried
out on registered premises, and it is interesting to note that no
less than 48 permises registered for the sale of milk are equipped
with cold stores or refrigerators for the storage of the milk.
A practice much to be deprecated—especially where loose
milk is sold—is that of selling from registered premises commodities
other than dairy produce. Of the 78 premises referred
to above no less than 76 sell general grocery and provisions in
some form.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923:
The following licences were issued by the Council under
the above-mentioned Order:
Number of Dealers' Licences to sell—
| (a) Certified Milk | 2 |
| (b) Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 5 |
| (c) Grade A Milk | 3 |
| (d) Pasteurised Milk | 18 |