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Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Shops and Dairies, 1928.
On January 1st, 1928, 196 premises were on the register, of
which 96 were dairies or premises where milk is the chief article
for sale. Two new premises were licensed and 16 ceased to sell
during the year, leaving 182 on register for the sale of open milk
on 31st December, 1928, of which 91 were dairies.
Thirty-one applications were received from persons living in
the Borough to sell milk, two being to remove to better premises,
and there carry on the trade of a dairyman, and the others were
chiefly from persons who had taken over businesses where milk
had already been sold. In 16 of these applications the premises
were not considered suitable for the storage of open milk, and
therefore leave was granted to sell bottled milk only.
Five applications were received from milk vendors living outside
the Borough to sell within the Borough, and these were
granted after a satisfactory report having been received from the
M.O. H. of the district in which the dairy premises were situated.
One application for registration as a Milk-seller from a ;nan
living out of the Borough was refused as the applicant had no
registered premises.
Three Statutory Notices were served, but many defects were
remedied by verbal instructions without the necessity of serving
notices.
The following defects were remedied :—
Defective roofing, 2.
,, paving, 3.
D.V.P., 2.
,, brickwork, 2.
,, window frames, 1.
,, sash lines, 2.
,, stack pipe, 1.
,, dampness, 1.
,, copper, 2.
,, flooring, 1.
,, water fittings, 1.
,, plaster, 1.
Cleansing of premises, 2.
Supplying of ashpail, 1.
And other minor defects.
Better arrangements for the heating of water were supplied
in two dairies, and better lighting in one.
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