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OTHER OFFENSIVE BUSINESSES.
The only other offensive business in the Borough is that of a tripe dresser and
boiler at 67 and 68 Leather Lane (old numbers.) These premises were frequently
inspected. They are included in the Union Buildings Area and were closed during the
year, and have since been demolished with the remainder of the Area.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
The number of registered dairies and milkshops in the Borough at the end of the
year was 180, of which 72 were in St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 108 in the
Holborn District.
During the year 29 dairies and milkshops were newly registered, 9 belonging
to St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 20 to the Holborn District. On application for
registration under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1885, the premises
were also carefully inspected by me and notices served to remedy any sanitary defects.
The Sanitary Inspectors made 1,152 inspections of these premises; and two
notices were served for breach of the regulations for preserving the purity of milk, and
for protecting it against infection or contamination.
There is now only one cowshed in the Borough, which is at 4, Goldsmith Street,
and was frequently inspected during the year.
The Public Health Committee in March, 1905, considered the advisability of
taking further steps to secure the purity of milk sold within the Borough, and
instructed me to recommend milk sellers within the Borough to cover the receptacles
in which milk was kept with metal covers. The following letter was therefore
addressed to each purveyor of milk in the Borough :—
" The Public Health Committee have recently considered the possibility
" of taking further steps to secure the purity of milk sold within the Borough,
" and have requested me to inform you that all receptacles used in connection
" with the storage or sale of milk must be so covered as to prevent the access
" of dust and dirt, and advise that a metal cover should be used.
In the majority of cases the recommendation of the Committee was adopted and
the necessary metal covers provided.
ICE CREAM.
At the end of the year there were 67 premises in the Borough where ice cream
was manufactured or sold, and 245 inspections of these premises were made.
As ice cream is often made in the early morning, inspections between 6 and 9 a.m.
are also occasionally made in order to ascertain whether there are any infringements of
the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902.