[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C.

  • Rhondda (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    m A considerable amount of condensed milk was also consumed in the district, especially amongst the poorer families, but no reliable information is available as to the actual quantities of this product retailed during the year under review. There are 218 premises in the district directly concerned with the production, sale or distribution of milk, com- prising 150 dairies and milkshops where milk is sold for consumption off the premises which are subject to Regis- tration under the Milk and Dairies Acts and Orders. One cowkeeper and purveyor of milk has two dairies. In addition there are 45 premises from which milk is sold only in sealed and unopened bottles, the occupiers having to be registered as purveyors of milk although the premises are not required to be registered as dairies. There are also 23 shops where milk is sold only for consumption on the premises, neither the occupiers nor the premises being required to be registered. Included in the number of premises referred to in the preceding paragraph are 44 shops where sterilized milk is sold in the unopened containers in which the milk is received from the bottling company (four being registered premises), and 33 shops where milk is sold for consumption on the premises (10 being registered premises in one of which sterilized milk is also sold). The sanitary inspectors devoted considerable attention to the supervision of the milk supply in the district with the object of securing compliance with the provisions of the Milk and Dairies Orders, 1926 and 1936, the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, and the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, the number of visits made to cowsheds, dairies and milkshops being 1179. . As indicated above the number of cowkeepers in the district is very small and the quantity of milk produced