Galway In Days Gone By

Sale of bad milk

The disclosures made at the meeting of the Galway Urban Council last week in regard to the quality of the milk exposed for sale in Galway has caused not a little alarm.

People are now demanding why it is that advantage has not been taken the Food and Drugs’ Act, under which fraudulent milk vendors may be sent to jail without the option of a fine?

Over a year ago the Civic Guards took a number of milk samples which, on analysis, were found to contain added water, and small finds were imposed on the owners of the milk.

Since then (except in the Central Hospital, Galway), the Food and Drugs Act has, for all practical purposes, become a dead letter in Galway and we should probably hear nothing further about it were it not for the recent typhoid epidemic.

Dr. Walsh, Chairman of the Urban Council, asserts that there is milk sold in Galway to which there is water added, and dirty water at that; while Mr. T. McD. Kelly, the veterinary inspector of the Urban Council, reports that the milk vendors have no dairy sheds, and that the milk and butter for public consumption are stored in the living room or kitchen.

Pictured: The St Joseph's College, Galway, team were the winners of the Inter-Schools Quiz in the Jesuit Hall, Sea Road, on September 24 1971. Robert Molloy TD, Minister for Local Goverment is pictured presenting the winners trophy to St Joseph's College team captain Michael Murray. Included are the other team members, from left: Ray McMahon, John Murray, Michael Herhen and Peter Kelly.