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The numbers of cows in the first column of the above table refer
to the cows actually found at the last inspection. There have been
three changes in proprietorship during the year. Our inspections
have been of a systematic nature and have concerned cubic capacity
per cow, paving of shed and yard, litter, dung storage and removal,
water supply, drainage, and general sanitation We have also
inspected the cows and the methods of milking.
At the October Licensing Committee of the London County
Council I was instructed by the Public Health Committee to raise
objection to a renewal of licence in 5 out of the 6 cowhouses
existing in the Borough, owing to various unsatisfactory features
found by us, and subsequently viewed by the Committee, including
careless milking, contamination of the milk, and ill construction and
position of the cowsheds which are so placed as to be in immediate
proximity to dwelling-houses, so that in summer, at all events,
considerable nuisance was likely to arise. The objection was not
pressed by the Borough Council and the licences were renewed
with additional warning to the holders as to the necessity for more
care in conducting their trade.
Sampling.—Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 349
samples of milk have been taken. Each Inspector samples in his