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Condensed milk is not dealt with in this Report, nor are
infected and adulterated milks.
The recommendations that I suggest are—
1. That the Local Government Board and the Board of
Agriculture be urged to take such steps as will ensure
the better enforcement of the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Orders (and the Regulations made thereunder)
outside the Metropolis ; and that, in respect of
the Metropolis, the Local Government Board be urged
to carry out their statutory powers as laid down in
Section 28 of the Public Health (Lcndon) Act, 1891,
dealing with the registration of dairymen, the inspection
of cattle in dairies, the sanitary conditions of
dairies, the securing of the cleanliness of milk-vessels,
the prescribing of precautions to be taken for protecting
milk against infection or contamination, and the
authorising of the London County Council to make
B} e-laws for any (or all) of the above purposes.
2. That the attention of the railway companies and the
large Metropolitan milk organisations be drawn to the
more pressing need of more sanitary means of transit
and storage of milk.
3. That all milk-shops and milk-stores within the Borough
be carefully inspected regularly from time to time by
the Inspectors, and that all such milk-shops and milkstores
be required (under penalty) to be licensed
annually, as is the case (at present) with cowsheds ;
and that no one be allowed to sell milk unless the
premises at which such milk is sold and stored have
been previously certified as "suitable" by the Sanitary
Authority of the District.
4. That united action amongst the Metropolitan Borough
and City Councils be encouraged by communicating
with them, stating the action that Lambeth Borough
Council has taken.
The need that exists for wholesome and clean milk will be
admitted by all, when it is remembered that milk forms the chief
diet of infants, young children and invalids.
Joseph Priestley.
April 18th, 1904.