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Special attention was paid to the condition of outworkers' rooms,
and when necessary, cleansing was carried out.
No legal proceedings were necessary during the year.
DAIRIES, MILKSHOPS AND PURVEYORS OF MILK.
These premises were kept under constant supervision during the
year. The number on the register at the end of the year 1908 was
200. During the year 48 were added and 49 cancelled, leaving 199
on the register. Inspections numbered 484, 13 notices being served.
One prosecution was taken under the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Orders for carrying on the business of a " purveyor of
milk " without registration, and the offender was fined.
The cleansing and limewashing of premises was enforced whereever
found necessary, and in many cases, the use of defective or
corroded cans and measures was prohibited. Forty-five were so dealt
with during the year. Owing to the plea of ignorance advanced
by persons as to the Orders and other Regulations with reference to
the sale of milk, the following circular was printed and circulated. A
copy was served by the Inspector on all registered persons, and one
is handed to all persons applying for registration :—
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
Public Health Department, Town Hall,
New Cross Road, S.E.
August, 1909.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.
Dear Sir (or Madam),
I hereby direct your attention to the following provisions
relating to the above :—
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Section 28, sub-section (1) of this Act provides:—
(1) The Local Government Board may make such general
or special orders as they think fit for the following purposes, or
any of them, that is to say :—
(a) For the registration, with the County Council, of all
persons carrying on the trade of dairymen ; *
(b) For the inspection of cattle in dairies, and for prescribing
and regulating the lighting, ventilation, cleansing, drainage and
water supply of dairies in the occupation of persons carrying on
the trade of dairymen ;