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and declared by the Medical Officer of Health for the district to
be free from infection.
(30) Every purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by
retail, shall not keep Milk for sale in any place where it would
be liable to become infected or contaminated by gases or effluvia
arising from any sewers, gullies, drains, cesspools, or closets, or
by any offensive effluvia from putrid or offensive substances,
or by impure air, or by any offensive or deleterious gases or
substances.
(31) Every purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by
retail, shall only keep Milk for sale in clean receptacles; and all
utensils used in connection with the keeping or sale of such Milk
shall be at all times kept clean.
(32) Every purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by
retail, shall at all times employ such means and adopt such
precautions, as may be necessary for preserving the purity of
Milk, and for protecting it against infection or contamination.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1885.
Registration of Dairymen and Others —
6. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on in
the district of any Local Authority, the trade of a cowkeeper,
dairyman or purveyor of Milk, unless he is registered as such
therein, in accordance with this article.
Penalties.
If any person is guilty of an offence against the order of
1885, he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of
Five Pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further
penalty of Forty Shillings for each day after written notice of
the offence from the Local Authority.
Hknry W. Roberts,
Miedical Officer of Health.
* By the London Government Act of 1899 these powers are transferred to the
Metropolitan Borough Councils.
Infectious Cases. -Eleven cases of infectious disease
occurred in connection with Dairy, Cowshed and Milkshop premises.
In each case action was taken in accordance with the orders, the sale
of milk, or contact with the premises, prohibited until after disinfection
and certification of the premises by the Medical Officer of Health
The cases were:—Scarlet Fever 9 cases.
Diphtheria 1 „
Measles 1 „
11 „