London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1895

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895

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and remedying any defects found in the general
arrangement of the premises.
It may be useful to append here the following
abstract from the Regulations made by the Corporation
in respect of Dairies and Milk Shops.
Registration.
1. Every Purveyor of milk, Dairyman or
Cowkeeper, carrying on his trade in the City of
London and the Liberties thereof, must be
registered as such by the Corporation of
London.
Contamination of Milk.
2. It shall not be lawful for any person
following the trade of Cowkeeper, or Dairyman,
or Purveyor of Milk, or being the occupier
of a Milk Store or Milk Shop—(a) to allow any
person suffering from a dangerous infectious
disorder, or having recently been in contact
with a person so suffering, to milk cows, or to
handle vessels used for containing milk for sale,
or in any way to take part or assist in the