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Section v.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
The source of the whole of the milk supplied to the inhabitants
is from other areas, no milk being produced in this District.
All the milk-shops have been kept under close supervision by
the Sanitary Inspectors, and have been generally found to be
kept in conformity with the requirements of the Milk and Dairies
Order, 1926. In four instances during the year defects were
found, but these were remedied on informal notices. There
were at the end of the year; 24 milkshops on the Register; in
addition there were four firms registered as retailers of milk in
the District who retailed milk from premises situated outside the
District.
There is no cowshed in the area.
Tuberculous milk and Tuberculous cattle.—No instance has
occurred where there was reason to suspect that tuberculosis was
caused or likely to be caused by the consumption of milk sold in
the District. The Council is not a Local Authority for the purposes
of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
Designated milk.- Two purveyors of milk in this District were
granted supplementary licences in accordance with rhe Milk
(Special Designations) Order, 1922, to retail "Certified" milk
within the District in 1923, and both of these firms have continued
to supply "Certified" milk since that year.
One purveyor of milk was granted a supplementary licence to
retail "Grade A"' milk, and another firm was granted a licence to
retail pasteurised milk, designated as such, from eight dairies in
the District.
Refusal or Revocation of Registration.—It has not been found
necessary to revoke any registrations during the year.
Bacteriological examination of milk.—In the case of both
purveyors who are retailing graded milk in this District the
primary licences are granted by the Local Authority of a neighbouring
district. In accordance with arrangements made by the