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These slaughter-houses have been regularly inspected. The
premises are comparatively small and are not well situated. They
are, however, kept clean, and the paving and drainage is good.
The slaughter-house marked with an asterisk is licensed only for the
killing of small cattle.
MILK SUPPLY.
During the year we have been carrying out the proposals made
in my report for 1903 in the direction of exercising control over
the milk supply.
Registration.—Under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Order, 1885, Clause 6, 72 milkshops have been registered, and
69 have been removed from the register. These have been as a
rule the smallest kind of general shop, selling a few pints of milk
with every other kind of article. These places are, from a health
point of view, very objectionable, as it is well nigh impossible to
keep milk clean under such conditions. The total number of milk
premises now on the register is 259. This number does not vary
much from year to year.
Inspection of Milk Premises.—The Inspectors have
made periodical visits to the milkshops in their districts, numbering
in all 481 visits, and have served 67 sanitary notices for defects of
one kind or another. The inspectors and myself have also paid a
large number of visits to these premises, particularly with a view
to ascertaining how far the circular of instructions, issued at
the beginning of 1903 and again in 1906, is being followed. That
circular, which appeared in my report for 1903 (page 177), laid
emphasis upon the importance of cleanliness of milkshop furniture
and fittings, the cleansing of milk vessels, the covering of milk pans,
the storage of milk, and the freedom of milk from infection. I am
glad to report that in all these respects there has been marked
improvement, though there is much yet to be done. Almost all
milk-dealers in Finsbury now cover their milk pans, and take