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110
DAIRIES AID MILK SHOPS.
The Corporation of London is the Local
Authority in the City for the purpose of regulating
the sanitary condition of Dairies and Milk
Shops, under the Dairies, Cow Sheds, and Milk
Shops Order of 1885, and the work of inspection
is at present carried out by Officers appointed
by the County Purposes Committee.
I again call attention to my recommendation
of former years that this duty should belong to
the Public Health Department—the Sanitary
Authority for the City—as at the present time
there is a divided responsibility which is undesirable,
especially as a legally qualified Sanitary
Inspector is more competent to deal satisfactorily
with the condition of these places than an
Officer whose duties are more properly confined
to the supervision of Weights and Measures, and
possesses no certificate of his fitness to undertake
work requiring a special training.
During the year, 366 Dairies and Milk Shops
were visited, being 16 more than in 1897. Of