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MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922, AND MILK AND DAIRIES
ORDER, 1926
Article 6 of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, requires local authorities to keep registers of
dairymen and dairy premises, while Section 2 (1) of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922,
gives the Council power to refuse to enter any person's name on the register of retailers of milk if
they are satisfied that the public health is, or is likely to be, endangered by any act or default of
the person in relation to the quality, storage or distribution of the milk.
It was not necessary to exercise the provisions of the latter Section during 1937.
No contraventions of Article 31 (2) of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, which requires that
the bottling of milk shall be carried out only on registered premises were reported during the year.
At the end of 1937, there were on the register 106 dairymen occupying 106 registered dairy
premises within the Borough. In addition, there were 26 dairymen retailing milk in Fulham from
premises situated and registered in adjoining districts.
The following are details of the changes which took place during 1937:—
Number of Dairymen on the Register:—
Number on register at 31st December, 1936 107
Number who transferred their business or discontinued selling
milk during 1937 9
98
Number of registrations granted during 1937 8
Number on register at 31st December, 1937 106
During 1937, registration as purveyors of milk in properly closed and unopened receptacles
was granted to 27 persons and there are now 189 names on the Register.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS
During 1937, the Sampling Officer made 485 visits to dairies and milkshops and served 20
written notices and in addition gave many verbal intimations of defects noted during his
inspections.
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. It was not necessary to take action under this Section during 1937.
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 1937 were as follows:—
Number of Licences to sell Tuberculin Tested Milk 28
Number of Supplementary Licences to sell Tuberculin Tested
Milk 4
Number of Licences to sell Pasteurised Milk 40
Number of Supplementary Licences to sell Pasteurised Milk 7
Number of samples taken in accordance with the instructions
of the Ministry of Health —