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thereon. Any person feeling aggrieved by any decision of a Sanitary Authority under
the provisions of this section has the right to appeal, within twenty-one days from the
date of such decision, to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
This very necessary Act has had a most beneficial effect in enabling the Authorities
to deal with the sale of milk in small chandler and grocery shops, either by the adoption
of more precautionary measures for the proper storage of milk at such shops, or the
prevention of the sale of milk on such premises altogether, and a marked improvement
is noticeable as regards the condition of milkshops generally, no interference being found
necessary as regards either the cleanliness of the shops or the vessels and utensils used
bv the retailers.
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In no instance has a case of infectious disease been reported as having occurred at
a registered milk shop during the year.
A list of Registered Dairymen and Purveyors of Milk in the City is given in
Appendix D.
REGISTRATION OF PURVEYORS OF MILK.
Under the provisions of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders, every purveyor
of milk, dairyman or cowkeeper carrying on his trade, must be registered as such by
the Local Sanitary Authority, and it has been the custom in the City to require
registration of any firm selling or purveying milk in any degree, and on this principle,
restaurants, tea rooms, and coffee houses, &c., have been subject to the control thus
engendered.
In June, 1902, the question was raised as to whether the owners of licensed
premises, who sold milk over the counter, were liable to such registration.
The question remained in abeyance until January, 1912, when Messrs Spiers and
Pond were summoned at the instance of the Finsbury Borough Council for not having
registered in respect of their premises at Farringdon Street Station.
At the hearing the following facts were proved: Messrs. Spiers and Pond were
tenants and occupiers of a refreshment buffet and bar at the Farringdon Street
Station, and sold there different articles of food and drink, &c., amongst which articles
was milk.
The quantity of milk daily delivered at these premises averaged about four quarts,
of which two were used for cooking purposes, and one consumed by the staff. It was
stated that the takings from the sale of milk at this dep6t would amount to about
fourpence out of a weekly turnover of 50l., and that in no circumstances was milk sold
for consumption off the premises. It was, however, never refused when asked for for
consumption on the premises.
The magistrate convicted, holding that, within the meaning of the Order, any
person who provided milk for and supplied it to persons wishing for it, was a
purveyor of milk, and that carrying on the trade of a purveyor meant the providing
and supplying of an article for profit.
The defendants were fined 5l. with two guineas costs.