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54
DAIRIES AND MILK SHOPS.
By a curious anomaly the Corporation of
London proper are the Local Authority in the
City of London for the purpose of regulating
the sanitary condition of Dairies and Milk
Shops, under the Dairies, Cow Sheds, and
Milk Shops Order of 1885.
It seems to me that this duty should
belong to the Commissioners of Sewers, as
the Sanitary Authority for the said City. Be
this as it may the work of inspection appears
to be efficiently carried out by the Officers
appointed by the County Purposes Committee.
I learn from the report of Chief Inspector
A. J. Street, that during the year 1895, 310
Dairies and Milk Shops were dealt with, being
49 more than in 1894. Of the total number, 257
Avere registered at Guildhall, 43 were unregistered
and 10 were closed. It being of the
highest importance from a Sanitary point of
view that these places should be under constant
observation, they are visited periodically by the
Sanitary Inspectors with a view of discovering