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Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Shops and Dairies.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
There were 652 inspections of dairies and milk purveyors'
premises made during the year. Twenty-eight persons were registered
as purveyors of bottled milk only, and there were transfers in
respect of 9 dairies and 54 purveyors of bottled milk.
Two dairies were removed from the Register and 6 purveyors
of bottled milk. Five dairymen occupying premises without the
Borough and 2 purveyors of bottled milk were registered as purveyors
within the Borough.
There are now 105 premises registered as dairies and their
occupiers as dairymen, and 600 persons registered as purveyors
of bottled milk only, their premises not being registered as
dairies.
Examination ot Milk.
Animal Inoculation.
Sixty-five samples of milk were procured from producers and
purveyors (counter pans, churns, pails and bottles).
Included in this figure were 24 samples of Grade "A," and 3
samples of Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) milk, taken on delivery
at the Council's Institutions from farms outside the Borough.
These were submitted to the biological test for the presence of
tubercle bacillus.
Particulars of the examinations are as under:—
Of 8 samples taken from producers, 1 gave evidence of T.B.
infection.
Of 15 samples taken from purveyors, 3 gave evidence of T.B.
infection.
Of 10 samples taken from Schools, all proved satisfactory.
Of 24 samples of Grade "A" milk taken on delivery at the Council's
Institutions, 7 gave evidence of T.B. infection. Of
this figure, 6 samples were from the same farm, and the
supply from this source was discontinued forthwith.
In each case of infection the matter was immediately taken up
with the Medical Officer of Health of the producing area, whose
Veterinary Officer visited the farms concerned for the purpose of
examination. As a result of these examinations 13 animals were
slaughtered on various farms.
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