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LEGISLATION.
(ii) The following new by-laws and amendments to existing by-laws were made by the Council:-
A. The Reconstituted Milk and Reconstituted Cream By-laws, to be added to the schedule to the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, were made by the Council on 29th March and approved by the Legislative Council on 13th April. Reconstituted milk and cream appeared on the local market at the end of 1937 and the new by-laws are designed to regulate the manufacture and sale of these products.
B. The Dairies and Milk Shops By-laws set forth in the schedule to the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, were amended:-
(1) by the amendment of the heading with the object of inserting the words "Sale of Milk generally and" at the commencement thereof.
(2) by the introduction of a new by-law 1A which prohibits the sale of any milk other than pasteurized milk, and defines "pasteurized milk".
(3) by the introduction of a new by-law 1B which requires that the pasteurizing plant, and the other kinds of plant used in a dairy in the production of pasteurized milk, be of a type approved by the Council; and that, to ensure the efficiency of the pasteurization process, the pasteurizing plant be equipped with a self-registering thermometer device which will accurately indicate and record the temperature to which, and the length of time for which, the milk has been heated.
(4) by the introduction of a new by-law 1C which requires that, except where it is sold in bulk, pasteurized milk be sold in containers of a type approved by the Council; that the filling of all containers be carried out by machinery or by some other means approved by the Council, and only in the premises in which the milk was pasteurized; and that the bottles be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized with steam or boiling water, be closed with a tightly fitting disc and covered with an outer cover overlapping the lip of and securely fastened to the bottle, and be marked with the name of the dairyman in whose dairy the milk was pasteurized and bottled, and with the word "Pasteurized". The amendments were made by the Council on 26th April following the decision of the Government to enforce the compulsory pasteurization of all milk sold in the Urban District. They were approved by the Legislative Council on 12th May and were to come into force on January 1st, 1939.
(iii) Markets. The following new market was opened during the year:
WONG NEI CHONG MARKET.
(iv) Public Latrines and Conveniences. During the year public conveniences were completed and demolished as follows:-
Hong Kong Kowloon Total Completed. 1 1 Demolished. 1 1 Total 1•
M (1) 5
LEGISLATION.
(ii) The following new by-laws and amendments to existing by-laws were made by the Council:-
A. The Reconstituted Milk and Reconstituted Cream By-laws, to be added to the schedule to the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, were made by the Council on 29th March and approved by the Legislative Council on 13th April. Reconstituted milk and cream appeared on the local market at the end of 1937 and the new by-laws are designed to regulate the manufacture and sale of these products.
B.
The Dairies and Milk Shops By-laws set forth in the schedule to the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, were amended:-
(1) by the amendment of the heading with the object of inserting the words
"Sale of Milk generally and" at the commencement thereof.
(2) by the introduction of a new by-law la which prohibits the sale of any
milk other than pasteurized milk, and defines "pasteurized milk”.
(3) by the introduction of a new by-law 1B which requires that the pasteurizing plant, and the other kinds of plant used in a dairy in the production of pasteurized milk, be of a type approved by the Council; and that, to ensure the efficiency of the pasteurization process, the pasteurizing plant be equipped with a self-registering thermometer device which will accurately indicate and record the temperature to which, and the length of time for which, the milk has been heated.
(4) by the introduction of a new by-law lo which requires that, except where it is sold in bulk, pasteurized milk be sold in containers of a type approved by the Council; that the filling of all containers be carried out by machinery or by some other means approved by the Council, and only in the premises in which the milk was pasteurized; and that the bottles be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized with steam or boiling water, be closed with a tightly fitting disc and covered with an outer cover overlapping the lip of and securely fastened to the bottle, and be marked with the name of the dairyman in whose dairy the milk was pasteurized and bottled, and with the work "Pasteurized"" The amendments were made by the Council on 26th April following the decision of the Government to enforce the compulsory pasteuriza- tion of all milk sold in the Urban District. They were approved by the Legislative Council on 12th May and were to come into force on January 1st, 1939.
(iii) Markets. The following new market was opened during the year:
WONG NEI CHONG MARKET.
(iv) Public Latrines and Conveniences. During the year public conveniences were completed and demolished as follows:-
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Completed.
Demolished.
1
1
Total
1
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