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I. Food Premises.
1. Milkshops. Administration of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
72 applications for registration (including 39 transfers) in respect of
premises were granted during the year. At the end of the year there
were 170 premises registered for the sale of milk. In addition to the
above, 46 persons were registered for the sale of bottled sterilised milk
only, and 5 persons or firms trading from premises outside the Borough
were registered as purveyors within the Borough. One wholesale
premises (Sterilised Milk) is also on the Register.
There are no cow-houses in the Borough.
During the year 256 inspections of milk shops were made and a
general improvement in the conditions of storage has resulted. Five
formal notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were
served, and many minor matters were remedied as the result of verbal
intimation by the Inspectors.
Legal Proceedings (other than in connection with adulteration).
Legal proceedings were instituted in respect of two unregistered
premises at or from which milk was sold, with additional summonses
in respect of three unregistered persons carrying on the business of
purveyors of milk at these premises. Fines and costs amounting to
£l were inflicted.
Administration of the Milk (Special Designations Order), 1923.
At the end of the year, the following retailers were registered
One retailer to sell Certified Milk at or from two shops.
One ,, ,, Grade "A " Milk at or from two shops.
Three retailers to sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk at four
shops in all.
One retailer to sell Pasteurised Milk at or from eight shops.
One retailer whose premises are outside the Borough to sell
Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk within the Borough.
One retailer whose premises are outside the Borough to sell Pasteurised
Milk within the Borough.
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