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Sterilised milk in bottles is now being sold in large quantities
by a few firms. This milk is usually delivered twice weekly, direct
to customers, but a large and increasing trade is being done by
small shop-keepers of all kinds who act as agents and sell the
milk in unopened bottles.
The tendency in the milk trade is for the elimination of the
smaller dairyman with the growth of the larger firms.
There has been a large increase in the use of bottles for milk
delivery and these are sometimes filled by the roundsmen in the
streets when delivering. Metal hand cans, filled from the churn
in the street, are still largely used in the poorer districts.
Condensed milk, skimmed and whole, has a very large sale
in the poorer districts, probably due to its convenience in use and
storage, and a mistaken idea as to its cheapness as compared with
fresh milk.
Adequacy of Milk Supply.—The arrangements for the supply
and distribution of the milk within the Borough are adequate.
Milk (Special Designations Order), 1923.
The special designations under which milk may be sold or
offered or exposed for sale in pursuance of this Order are the
following:-"Certified," "Grade, A. (Tuberculin tested),"
"Grade A. (Pasteurised)," and "Pasteurised," and the Borough
Council is authorised to grant licenses to any person other than
a producer to sell such graded milk. The licenses are valid for
a period ending on the 31st December of the year in which they are
granted.
Applications were received during the year from the undermentioned
dealers, all of whom satisfied the Local Authority that