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Town Hall, Hackney,
February, 1904.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to submit my report for the year 1903, together with a
summary of my inspections.
Cow Houses.—There are 24 licensed cow keepers in the Borough
with 37 sheds. To these I paid 290 visits and found on 3 occasions
repairs of a small nature were necessary, which were at once
attended to. On 5 occasions I have found accumulations of manure
and have had to find fault with the general cleanliness of one cowkeeper
on 3 occasions. On the whole the general condition,
considering the bad construction of the majority of the sheds, is
fairly good.
Dairies and Milkshops.—To these I paid 1,025 visits throughout
the year, and in 13 cases I found that the measures or utensils
had not been properly cleansed. This shows a great improvement
on my last report, and I find that now the milksellers are periodi
cally visited they are more careful in their habits. In 41 dairies
repairs and limewhiting were carried out under my direction, and
95 new milksellers have been placed on the register, some of whom
had not previously been registered, but whom I found selling milk
and were ignorant of the regulations requiring registration. I have
also reported 2 contraventions of the Dairies, Cow Sheds and Milkshops
Order.
Offensive Trades.—Thirty-eight visits have been paid to the
3 offensive trades established in the Borough, and which comprise a
Tallow Melter, Gut Scraper and Tripe Boiler, all of which I found
carried on strictly in accordance with the bye-laws. The last named
has a retail shop attached where a large quantity of livers, milts, hearts,
kidneys, etc., etc. (called in the trade "Offal") are sold, and od my
visits I have always examined what was on the premises, and have
twice found diseased livers exposed for sale.