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the definition of contamination under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Orders, no legal proceedings were taken.
In the Annual Report of last year I directed attention to the
proposed action by the London County Council with regard to dealing
with the sale of milk in unsuitable and undesirable premises. I then
remarked, owing to the very mixed nature of the trade carried on in
the small general shops registered for the sale of milk, very strict
supervision was necessary to keep them in a cleanly condition and in
accordance with the orders.
It is very desirable that shops should be prohibited from selling
milk where articles such as fish, paraffin oil, coal, &c., are sold, which,
though they may not be considered strictly a contamination are yet
very undesirable articles in connection with the sale of milk, and
registration should be limited to such premises as dairies only, or
confectionery and butter and provision businesses.
Under the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, Part II., Sec. V. Sub-Sec. (l), increased powers have now
been given to Sanitary Authorities to deal with this matter, as
follows:—
(l) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1885, or in any subsequent
order, any Sanitary Authority may remove from the register
kept by them of the persons from time to time carrying on in
their district the trade of Cowkeepers, Dairymen, or Purveyors
of Milk, or may refuse to enter upon such register the name of
any person carrying on or proposing to carry on the trade of a
Dairyman or Purveyor of Milk upon premises which are in the
opinion of such Sanitary Authority for any reason unsuitable for
the sale of milk therein. Provided that for the purposes of this
Section premises shall not be deemed to be unsuitable on any
ground inconsistent with the provisions or requirements of any
order or regulation made under any enactment for the time
being in force and applicable to such premises.
(2) Any person who thinks himself aggrieved by any
decision of a Sanitary Authority under the provisions of this
Section may at any time within twenty-one days from the date of
such decision, appeal against the same to a Court of Summary
Jurisdiction, and if on any such appeal it shall appear to the
Court that the premises of the person appealing are in all respects
suitable for the sale of milk therein, the Court may make an
order, requiring such Authority to enter upon or restore in the
register the name of such person.
During the year the London County Council under Section 31
of the General Powers Act of 1907, issued the following circular, and