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of modern hygienic knowledge in connection with the production
of milk, greater stress being now laid upon the handling and protection
from contamination than upon the structure of buildings. It
provides for the registration both of persons carrying on the trade
of cowkeeper or dairyman, and all farms and premises used as dairies,
and that before commencing to use as a cowshed, or as a place for
keeping milk a building not previously used for that purpose, the
occupier is required to give one month's notice to the Sanitary
Authority of his intention so to do. The Order also makes provision
for County Councils and County Borough Councils to inspect
cattle and deal with specified diseases found among them.
Provision is also made for the cleanly condition of dairies, etc.,
and for protecting milk from infection and contamination. For
this purpose regulations are made prescribing the ventilation of
places used for keeping milk, sufficiency of water supply, cleanliness
of vessels, etc., and power is given to the Medical Officer of Health
where he has evidence that any person is suffering from infectious
disease caused by the consumption of milk supplied from any registered
premises to prohibit the sale of milk from such premises.
The Order also deals with the conveyance of milk and its
distribution, and among other things, prohibits the filling of milk
vessels in the streets.
The operation of certain provisions of the Order is deferred
until the 1st October, 1928, and in regard to cowsheds, the enforcement
of certain provisions involving structural alterations is postponed
until 18 months after service of notice by the Sanitary
Authority.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Under this Order the Council are authorised to issue licences
to others than producers (i.e., persons producing milk for sale from
herds over which they have control). The licences so granted are
available for a period up to the end of the year in which they were
issued. There is a scale of fees payable to the Licensing Authority
by applicants for licences.
During 1926 licences were issued as follows :—
Certified milk 19*
Grade A (Tuberculin tested) milk 48*
Grade A milk 5*
Pasteurised milk 6*
Milk Shops.
The number of premises registered in Battersea for the sale of
milk is 131. Three new premises were registered during the year
* Including two "supplementary" licences.