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The Milk Supply of a London Borough (Finsbury) was published in 1903 by Dr George Newman, the Finsbury Medical Officer of Health. It traced the supply of milk from over a thousand farms, through 14 'wholesalers', also direct supply from around 50 rounds that obtained supplies from other farms, and around a dozen shops that obtained their milk from local town cowsheds. He found many issues with lack of hygiene, adulteration with water and preservatives (formalin), TB and (lack of) temperature control.
(pdf, 37 pages)
(pdf, 37 pages)
Academic article about the development of the milk trade in the UK during the 20th Century, by Chris Otter
Department of History, The Ohio State University, USA
(pdf, 16 pages, plus references)
Department of History, The Ohio State University, USA
(pdf, 16 pages, plus references)
Interesting academic article by Peter J. Atkins, published in 2017, discussing the evolution of milk quality since the late nineteenth century and today.
Published in Historia Agraria, December 2017 (pdf, xx pages)
Published in Historia Agraria, December 2017 (pdf, xx pages)
The Society of Dairy Technology published a very comprehensive review "The Evolution of the British Cheese Industry", written by Nigel White, 2018
(pdf, 168 pages)
(pdf, 168 pages)
UK Government legislation about the Dairy Industry
'The Milk and Dairies (General) Legislation' was in force from 1959 to Spring 1995, when it was superseded by 'The Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995'