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London County Council 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Milhshop premises.
In 1908 the London County Council obtained the sanction of Parliament to a provision,
contained in the General Powers Act of that year, authorising any sanitary authority to remove from
the register of milk vendors, or to refuse to register the name of any person carrying on or proposing
to carry on the business of a dairyman or purveyor of milk upon premises which, in the opinion of the
sanitary authority, are unsuitable for the sale of milk. The Act provides an appeal to a Court of
Summary Jurisdiction.

Table: The following table shows the number of milkshop premises at the end of 1908 and 1909 in the several sanitary districts of London, the number of inspections and the proceedings taken. The table has mainly been compiled from information contained in the annual reports:—

The following table shows the number of milkshop premises at the end of 1908 and 1909 in the several sanitary districts of London, the number of inspections and the proceedings taken. The table has mainly been compiled from information contained in the annual reports:—

Sanitary area.Number of premises.*Number of inspections, 1909.Number of notices, 1909.Number of prosecutions, 1909.
On register at end of 1908.Added in 1909.Removed in 1909.On register at end of 1909.
City of London61238486022
Battersea2415011317885265—
Bermondsey26325152731,112261
Bethnal Green34231463271,320155—
Camberwell61643556041,341341
Chelsea12116241131968—
Deptford2004849199484131
Finsbury243668426525856—
Fulham249258119371548—
Greenwich210101420627212—
Hackney36227273621,2187—
Hammersmith30036233467834—
Hampstead1134211531021—
Holborn178273716854222—
Islington57338245872,231355—
Kensington284141081901,57436—
Lambeth54411—55555548
Lewisham178574918653016—
Padding-ton176147183. 245——
Poplar34120203411,4425—
St. Marylebone24728112647
St. Pancras413——4131,14121
Shoreditch29228183023,40491
Southwark40013411342169035—
Stepney9702442389762,66420331
Stoke Newington63——53916—
Wandsworth36758943311,365577
Westminster, City of344433735069041
Woolwich13437431282179—

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*Figures in italics refer to persons registered.
Tuberculosis of the udder in London cows. London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904 (Part F.).
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1899, provides that the milk from cows certified
by a veterinary surgeon to be affected with tubercular disease of the udder, shall not be
(a) mixed with other milk, or
(b) sold or used for human food, or
(c) sold or used for the food of swine without having first been boiled.
In 1904, however, the Council obtained powers, as incorporated in the above-named Act, to
remove any cow from any dairy, farm or cowshed in the County (elsewhere than in the City), if such
cow is suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis of the udder, and if, upon slaughter, these suspicions
are verified, a sum equal to three-quarters of the agreed value of the animal (not exceeding £22 10s.)
is payable by the Council. If, however, the cow is proved to be free from tuberculosis of the udder, the
full agreed value (not exceeding £30), together with a further sum of £1, is payable by the Council.
The cows in the London cowsheds have, since the date of the Dairies Order of 1899, been periodically
inspected by the County Council's veterinary inspector, with a view to the detection of cows
suffering from tubercular disease of the udder. During the year 1909 there were five inspections of