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 1898
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these, 318 were registered at Guildhall, 34 were
unregistered, and 14 either closed or demolished.
These places are also visited periodically by
the Sanitary Inspectors, with a view of discovering
and remedying any defects found in the
general arrangements of the premises.
The following abstract from the Regulations
made by the Corporation under the Dairies, Cow
Sheds, and Milk Shops Order of 1885 may be
useful :—
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.
Application for registration must be upon the form provided
for the purpose, to be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office,
Guildhall.
Contamination of Milk.
2.—It shall not be lawful for any person following tha
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