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The whole subject has recently been under discussion by the Society
of Medical Officers of Health. The subjoined rules embody the
sanitary principles which this Society would desire to see enforced.
Dr. Vinen and Professor Corfield, in their circular, remark:—
There is at present no power to make bye-laws on the subject; but, in the
expectation of early legislation conferring such power, the principles desirable to be
observed are here drawn up in the form of bye-laws. Meanwhile, until the power
of framing bye-laws is given, the subjoined regulations will serve to indicate the
conditions the society considers should be taken into account by sanitary authorities
and magistrates, who are concerned in the licensing of cow houses in London and
other towns.
"The proposed rules are divided into two classes; the one class comprising those
regulations which in the Society's opinion are proper to be insisted on in all cases ;
the other class comprising those regulations which the Society regards as desirable
to be enforced in all new cow sheds and dairies, but on which it would not be expe-.
dient to insist in the case of all cow sheds and dairies at present established,"
CLASS I.
Metropolitan Cow Sheds and Dairies.
1. Every cow shed shall be properly lighted and ventilated by louvred sky or side
lights.
2. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause the inner walls to be covered
with hard, smooth, impervious material to the height of 5 feet at the least
from the floor, and the doors and other wood work, excepting the divisions
between the stalls, to be thoroughly well painted.
3. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause it to be well paved with asphalte,
iron-stone bricks, or flag stones, set in cement, on a bed of concrete, and laid
with a proper slope and channel towards a gulley, which shall be situated out
side the shed, and which shall be properly trapped and connected with the
public sewer by an adequate drain of glazed pipes.
4. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause it to be provided with a trough
manger, constructed of some hard impervious material, and sufficiently sloped
to allow it to be readily cleansed by flushing.
5. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause it to be provided with an adequate
and properly constructed receptacle, made of impervious material, for the
supply of water, which shall be closely covered, and provided with an overflow
or warning pipe unconnected with any drain; the receptacle to be so
placed that the bottom thereof shall not be less than 6 feet above the floor
level. The water to be of good quality, and to be procured from a public
water company, where practicable. (The use of shallow-well water should be
strictly prohibited).