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disposed, though this is not so noticeable in Harrow as elsewhere,
I refer particularly to the itinerant vendor from other
districts. Indeed they are always suspect ! It is one thing to
have a milk microscopically impure, it is an added insult to receive
it in short measure with the minimum amount of fat and
the maximum legal quantity of water ! The County Council
carefully and regularly inspects and analyses samples in the
shops and on the rounds and frequently prosecutes, though the
public may not hear of it; indeed great efforts are being made
all over the country by officials that the public shall be served
with the purest milk.
To sum the matter up, the question of the production and
the distribution of milk in this country requires to be overhauled
and placed on at least as good a footing as in
America. Now that we know that a pure milk can be produced
at an ordinary farm of the Standard of Grade A certified,
that this milk, when rapidly cooled, will keep a week
without going sour if stored in sterile bottles and sealed, and
at the same time retain all its vitamines, we feel that it behoves
us all to insist upon having such milk produced at our
farms in the future.
It is only fair to add that this very pure milk cannot be
sent out to the public at the low charge of only fivepence a
quart, the bottles and other plant increasing the cost.
Those who are interested in the production of Grade A
Certified Milk should obtain an introduction to Mr. G. Titus
Barham (one of the chief pioneers in this work), with a view
to visiting his experimental and model farm at Finchley.
The cows of the district have been regularly inspected by
your Veterinary Surgeon, who has not reported any case of
tuberculosis during the year.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
There are 3 Fried Fish Shops in Harrow.
In 1921 two of these shops were found in an unsatisfactory
condition, but at the end of the year were working under
much better conditions.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
These have been systematically inspected, and all defects
remedied at once.