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Every dairy in the Borough in which milk bottle washing and filling is carried out is
now provided with means for sterilizing vessels, bottles, etc.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act 1915—Section 4. This section empowers local
authorities to stop the supply of milk from any dairy if such milk causes, or is likely to cause,
tuberculosis. During 1936, it was not necessary to take any action under this Section.
Similarly, there was no evidence that milk sold in the Borough was infected by persons
suffering from infectious diseases, so that no action was taken under Article 18 of the Milk and
Dairies Order, 1926.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1936.
The licences granted by the Borough Council during 1936 were as follows: —
Number of Licences to sell Certified Milk 8
Number of supplementary Licences to sell Certified Milk 2
Number of Licences to sell Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 34
Number of Supplementary Licences to sell Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk 3
Number of Licences to sell Grade A (Pasteurised) Milk
Number of Supplementary Licences to sell Grade A (Pasteurised)
Milk 1
Number of Licences to sell Pasteurised Milk 36
Number of Supplementary Licences to sell Pasteurised Milk 5
Number of samples taken in accordance with the instructions
of the Ministry of Health 4
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, which came into operation on 1st June, 1936,
repealed the Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1923 and 1934.
The new Order simplifies, to some extent, the nomenclature of designated milks, the new
grades being as follows: —
(a) Tuberculin Tested Milk. This is milk from tuberculin tested herds and takes the place
of " Certified " and " Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)" which were recognised by the old order.
The word " Pasteurised " may be added to the designation " Tuberculin Tested " if the
appropriate conditions have been complied with, or the word " Certified " if the milk is bottled
at the place of production.
(b) Accredited Milk is raw milk from cows which have passed a veterinary examination;
it is bottled on the farm or elsewhere and is identical with that previously designated " Grade A."