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In the case of a small retailer, as the necessity for registration
does not now arise, the power to remove his name from the
register or to refuse registration becomes null and void.
The small shop-keepers, however, are still subject to the provisions
of Regulations 28-32 made by the Metropolitan Board of
Works in pursuance of the D.C.M.O. 1885, and dated 3rd July
of the same year.
These regulations deal with the following matters
1. Notice of the outbreak of disease.
2. Precautions to be adopted in dealing with the milk offered
for sale and the milk utensils on infected premises.
3. The prevention of the contamination of milk by offensive
effluvia.
4. The cleanliness of milk receptacles and utensils.
5. The precautions to be taken for preserving the purity of
milk and protecting it against contamination.
The word purveyor originally meant a provider and is its exact
equivalent. Purveyor was introduced into the English language
from the Norman French. Provider came from the Latin. There
are many such doubles in English which have come by these
different routes, e.g., royal and regal, frail and fragile, delay
and dilate, caitiff and captive.
In each case, the words of each double at first meant the same,
but the one word was used by the Norman French invader, the
other by the ecclesiastical authorities and by the common people.
The derivation of the word purveyor also explains why, in
some dictionaries, it is stated that the word means the provision
by anticipation of food for the King. In Norman times, when
all the nobles held their lands from the King, it is quite plausible
to suppose that they entered places and requested provisions in
the name of their lord and master, the Sovereign.
Milk Samples and Analyses—The total number of milk
samples taken in 1912 was 370 of which 28, or 7.5 per cent., were
found to be adulterated on the standard adopted by the Board of
Agriculture—that is not less than 8.5 per cent. of non-fatty solids
and not less than 3 0 per cent. of fat. The percentage is the
lowest yet recorded for the borough.