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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 87
Whether the Court will take into consideration the opinion of
the Sanitary Authority is not stated, but it is not likely that, if
the certificate is refused on reasonable grounds such Court would
act in direct opposition to the decision of the Sanitary Authority.
There are several bakehouses in the Borough where it will
be difficult to grant certificates unless alterations, structural and
otherwise, are carried out.
Houses-Let-in-Lodgings.
The number of Houses Let in Lodgings on the register at
the end of the year was 67: 30 in Clapham, and 37 in Wandsworth.
These premises are frequently inspected and the statutory
cleansing has in every case been carried out at the proper time.
As necessity arises other premises will be placed on the
register.
Milkshops.
All the milkshops at present on the register have been
inspected, and I have to report that they are all kept in a fairly
satisfactory condition.
The London County Council had 229 on their register: 48
in Clapham, 23 in Putney, 57 in Streatham, 13 in Tooting, and
88 in Wandsworth, and a list of these was forwarded on the
transference of duties under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops
Orders. Since then 45 have been registered (nine in Clapham,
two in Putney, 17 in Streatham, two in Tooting, and 15 in
Wandsworth), or a total in the Borough on the new register of 274.
Some difficulty has been experienced in regard to the registration
of proprietors of small general shops as purveyors of milk
in consequence of the storage at these shops not being in my
opinion quite satisfactory. In several instances the registration
was not completed until I was satisfied that the proprietor would
carry out the instructions given as to storage and prevention of
contamination.