Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895
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employ such means and adopt such precautions,
as may be necessary for keeping the utensils
and vessels used by him for containing milk in
a clean and wholesome condition, so as to
preserve the purity of such Milk.
Regulations prescribing precautions to be
taken by Purveyors of milk, and persons
selling milk by retail against infection or
contamination.
1. Every Purveyor of Milk or person
selling milk by retail, shall immediately on any
outbreak of infectious or contagious disease
within the building or upon the premises in
which he keeps milk, or amongst the persons
employed in his business, give notice of such
outbreak to the Town Clerk of the City of
London, at his Office in Guildhall.
2. Every Purveyor of Milk, or person
selling milk by retail, shall, immediately on
such outbreak coming to his knowledge, remove
all milk for sale, and all utensils for containing