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containing milk for sale, and that samples of their milk will be taken
periodically for bacteriological examination.
The circular approved by the Committee, and eventually issued to
all milk-sellers, was as follows:—
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.
PROTECTION OF THE MILK SUPPLY.
Dear Sir,—
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury have
now given their careful consideration to the conditions existing in
the Borough of Finsbury in regard to the milk trade. As a result of
a special enquiry carried out by the Public Health Department, it
appears that the management of the milk trade in Finsbury in the
past has been open to considerable criticism, and it is the intention
of the Council from the present date to insist upon a much stricter
enforcement of the law in respect to the actual manipulation of the
milk.
In particular the Public Health Department has been instructed
to insist upon a higher standard in the following respects:—
1st. Cleanliness of the shop, including the shelves, tables,
counters, and all other fixtures. These must be kept
absolutely clean in any shop where milk is sold.
2nd. All milk vessels also must be kept scrupulously clean. In
order that this should be so, milk vessels of every kind
should be cleansed with steam or with scalding water and
soda after each use.
3rd. Milk pans placed on counters, or any milk pan or vessel in
which milk is stored, must always be kept covered, and the
milk protected from air and dirt.
4th. Milk must not be kept in any place where it may be liable
(a) To become infected or contaminated by gases or
effluvia arising from any sewer, drain, gully, sink,
cesspool, or closet;