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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS ORDERS.
Section 5 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908,
provides that any Sanitary Authority in the Metropolis may remove from or
refuse to enter on the Register the names of dairymen or purveyors of milk
whose premises are, in the opinion of such Sanitary Authority, for any reason
unsuitable for the sale of milk thereon. Any person feeling aggrieved by any
decision of a Sanitary Authority under the provisions of this section has the
right of appeal within twenty-one days from the date of such decision to a
Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
Before this Act came into force purveyors of milk could be placed on the
Register without any restrictions, and it is greatly to the advantage of the
public health that Sanitary Authorities should be armed with the powers
provided by this section as the sale of milk in small chandlers' shops, entirely
unfitted for the proper storage of such a susceptible article as milk, is most
objectionable from a public health point of view.
Five cases occurred in the course of the year in which action was taken
under the section referred to above with regard to premises unfitted for the
sale or storage of milk. In four of these, registration was deferred until
suitable alterations were made to ensure the milk being kept under proper
sanitary conditions. In one case a firm in Fetter Lane failed to comply with
the regulations, and the matter was referred to the City Solicitor to deal with.
Before, however, any legal proceedings could be taken, the firm went into
liquidation, and the premises were closed.
The following is a summary of action taken under the Dairies, Cowsheds
and Milkshops Orders:—
A case was referred to the City Solicitor in which an unregistered milk
seller was found purveying milk. He subsequently made formal application
at the Guildhall, and the premises being found in a suitable condition he was
duly placed on the register.
At the end of the year there were 602 purveyors of milk on the Register, as
compared with 612 in 1907, a decrease of 10.
During the year the sale of milk was discontinued at 48 premises, and the
owners' names removed from the Register, 38 new premises were added, and
47 changes of ownership necessitating re-registration occurred.
One case of the use of dirty vessels was reported. In this instance
the milk was delivered at a City Company's Hall in a rusty and unclean
can. Proceedings were taken against the offender, who was fined 20s. and
expenses.
An Italian carrying on business as a confectioner and purveyor of milk in
Moor Lane was summoned for selling milk without being registered, and was
fined 20s. and 7s. costs.