View report page

98
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
In January, 1904,1 was asked to advise upon a letter from the Town Clerk
of the City of Westminster, inviting the Corporation to support the following
Resolution:—
"That, in view of the damage to health and property caused by coal
"smoke, the London County Council be urged to undertake an inquiry
"into all methods of cooking, so as to ascertain whether there is any
"form of apparatus which is smokeless and at the same time
"practical and economical for general use."
By my advice the Westminster City Council were informed that, while
agreeing with the suggestion that an inquiry in this direction might serve a
useful purpose, it would be better that the Local Government Board should
be requested to undertake such an investigation.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS "ORDERS."
There are now 552 purveyors of milk registered in the City of London
under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders, as compared with 553
in 1903.
In the course of the year the sale of milk was discontinued at 30 premises,
29 new premises were added to the register, and 29 changes of ownership
occurred.
The classification of the persons registered is practically as last year.
The regulation requiring all vessels used for the storage or sale of milk to
be provided with suitable covers has been enforced throughout the City, and
beneficial results as to the purity of the milk supplied to the consumer
assured.
During the year only one case of infectious disease occurred on premises
where the occupier was registered as a purveyor of milk. This case occurred on
5th April in the Barbican, and all milk found on the premises was at once
destroyed and the sale of milk at the shop forbidden until the premises had
been disinfected.
A street list of the places where milk is sold in the City will be found in
Appendix D, p. 152.