asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state, in respect of each of the years 1937 to 1941, inclusive, the number of regular purveyors and producers of milk for sale in (a) Dublin City, and (b) Dublin County; and, further, whether he will state the number of such persons selling designated and/or pasteurised milk.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Purveyors and Producers of Milk.
The information, so far as it is available, has been compiled in the form of a statistical table which will be circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the table referred to:—
DUBLIN CITY
Year |
No. of Purveyors |
No. of Producers |
No. of licensees for the sale of specially designated milk |
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Highest Grade |
Pasteurised |
Standard |
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1937 |
430 |
43 |
— |
— |
— |
1938 |
1,456 |
219 |
— |
— |
— |
1939 |
1,802 |
225 |
34 |
322 |
4 |
1940 |
2,045 |
201 |
33 |
542 |
2 |
1941 |
1,876 |
257 |
31 |
622 |
2 |
DUBLIN COUNTY (INCLUDING DUN LAOGHAIRE BOROUGH AND HOWTH URBAN DISTRICT.)
Year |
No. of Purveyors |
No. of Producers |
No. of licensees for the sale of specially designated milk |
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Highest Grade |
Pasteurised |
Standard |
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1937 |
599 |
478 |
— |
— |
— |
1938 |
810 |
578 |
— |
— |
— |
1939 |
856 |
601 |
10 |
136 |
— |
1940 |
806 |
552 |
9 |
141 |
— |
1941 |
834 |
575 |
10 |
138 |
— |