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selling loose milk, most of the premises from which these people
sold were such as to render milk stored thereon liable to gross
contamination, and a fresh application for any of these undesirable
premises to be registered was refused.
No. of Milksellers on the
Register at the end of 1924 258
1925 226
1926 211
1927 196
There has been, in addition, many applications for registration
which were granted on condition that the premises were
altered to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, or
that bottled milk only be sold from the premises, or in some cases
that the sale of other commodities from the shop, such as wood
paraffin, brushes, and similar articles should cease.
Ten Statutory Notices were served, and the following defects
remedied:—
1 Roof.
4 Defective puttering and rain pipes.
2 Defective Water Fittings.
1 Defective drain.
2 Doorsteps.
6 Yard pavings.
3 Defective Vent pipes.
4 Defective Walls.
4 Defective Flooring.
1 Shop Front dangerous.
1 Gate dangerous.
3 Premises were cleansed.
4 Ashpails supplied.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
The following licences were granted during 1927:—
One to bottle and sell and sixteen to sell Grade "A'' (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk, including one supplementary licence; nine to
sell "Certified" Milk; one to produce, bottle and sell, and two to
sell Grade "A" Milk, including one supplementary licence; one
to both Pasteurise and sell, and three to sell Pasteurised Milk.
Fifty-eight samples of milk were submitted for Bacteriological
Examination, the results being as follows:—
Grade "A"
Grade "A'
(Tuberculin Tested)
Certified
Pasteurized
Up to
Standard
Below
Standard
Up to
Standard
Below
Standard
Up to '
standard
Below
Standard
Up to
Standard
Below
Standard
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In the case of the 5 samples of Grade "A" (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk, 6 samples of Pasteurised Milk, and one sample of
Grade "A" Milk, which failed to pass the standard, these were
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