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The proper and only course to adopt would be to transfer to the County
Councils from these authorities the administration of the Order and the
regulations made under its provisions. Until this is done there can be little
hope of a pure, as distinguished from an unadulterated, supply of milk for
London or the large towns.
Not long since the Medical Officer of Health, being in the country within
3 miles of London, was invited by a farmer to inspect his cows, which were,
he stated, of a special breed, most excellent animals in their way, and good
producers of milk both as to quantity and quality. He was taken to the
cowshed, which to his horror he found to be at least three to four inches deep
with filth, while the walls were splashed all over with cow dung, and the
flanks and teats of the cows themselves were in an abominable state. Under
these circumstances he contented himself with viewing the animals from the
door of the byre.