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and have been generally found in satisfactory condition. In each
of these cases the license was renewed by the London County
Council, with the exception of one case, to which objection was
taken by this Council, on the ground that the premises were in
use for some other purpose entirely distinct from cowhouse
purposes.
Until the passing of the London Government Act, 1899, the
London County Council was the sole Authority in London who had
to do with the above class of premises. With them rested the
duty of inspecting, the duty of enforcing By-laws and Regulations
with respect to the same, and the duty of licensing, and as far as
I am aware, such duties have been carried out by them from time
to time, but the London Government Act, 1899, sections 5, 6-4
and 2nd Schedule, provides that the following powers and duties
shall be transferred from the London County Council to each
Borough Council as respects their Borough. Power under section
28 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, of registering dairymen,
the duty of enforcing By-laws and Regulations with respect
to Dairies and Milkshops, &c., and the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, section 141, states that the expression Dairy, includes
any farm, farmhouse, cowshed, milkshop, milkstore, or other place
from which milk is supplied or in which milk is kept for the
purpose of sale, and accordingly, it would appear that the whole of
the powers with regard to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops, with
the sole exception of the power of licensing any of these premises,
was transferred by this Act from the London County Council to
the various Borough Councils.
The London County Council, in a memorandum as to these
various powers transferred by the London Government Act, which