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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS ORDER, Etc.
The total number of persons registrable under the above
Order, carrying on the business of dairymen or purveyors
of milk 269
During the year new premises have been registered to
the number of 26
During the same period the number of new occupiers
applying for registration has been 19
All the premises above referred to are under regular
periodical inspection. During the year three cases of
infectious disease occurred upon premises where milk
was sold; the regulations under the above Order appertaining
to the stoppage of sale of milk, disinfection,
and the granting of certificates thereafter were strictly
enforced under my supervision by the Officer carrying
out the transferred duties.
SUMMONSES ORDERED.
During last year your Council and the Public
Health Committee gave authority for 45 summonses to
be taken out against persons for having failed to comply
with the requirements of notices which had been served.
In most cases before summonses were issued a letter
was written to the person in default, informing him that
the Public Health Committee had ordered the summons,
and asking him if he was willing to give an undertaking
in writing that he would forthwith comply with the
notice which had been served. In many instances the
undertaking was at once given, and it was not found to
be necessary to apply for a summons. It has been the
object of the department, as heretofore, to take out as
few summonses as possible, but at the same time in no
instance to allow anyone to defy the authority of your
Council.
During last year 25 summonses were taken out
through the Public Health Department. The following