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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
The following- licences were granted during 1930 :—
Eight to sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk including
four supplementary licences ; three to sell Certified Milk; one to
pasteurise and sell, and eighteen to sell Pasteu'fised Milk, including
fifteen supplementary licences; one to produce, bottle and
sell, and six to sell Grade "A" milk, including five supplementary
licences.

(†Excessive Bacteria).
(‡Bacterial Count satisfactory, but B. Coli present in 1/100th C.C.)
(§Two producers. 1, Satisfactory Count, but B. Coli in l/10th C.C. 2, Excessive Bact.
and B. Coli in l/10th C.C.)
In all cases of milk failing to meet the requirements of the
above-mentioned order, letters of caution were sent and investigations
made with a view to tracing the source of contamination,
and preventing a recurrence.
The improvement mentioned in my previous reports is still
being maintained.
Other Foods.
The state of all factories dealing with food of various kinds,
together with the retail shops, bakehouses (there are 34 underground
bakehouses) and other premises, is continually under the
supervision of the District Sanitary Inspector, and 11,148 inspections
were made during the year.
The Food and Drugs Inspector has also been appointed the
Inspector and Official Sampler under the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs' Act, 1926.
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