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is often conveyed through the medium of this article of food.
Every purveyor or person selling milk by retail, who has an
infectious or contagious disease within the building or upon
the premises in which milk is kept, is required immediately to
give notice of such disease to the Council, and to remove all
milk for sale and all utensils for containing milk for sale, from
such building, and to cease the sale of milk until the premises
have been declared by the Medical Officer of Health for the
district to be free from infection.
The penalty for contravening this order is Five Pounds, and
in the case of continuing the offence is Forty Shillings for each
day after written notice of the offence from the Board.
Several prosecutions of milk-sellers for contravening the
order, have taken place in our district, and in cases where it has
been necessary, the officers of my department have given
evidence for the Council.
Bakehouses.
The bakehouses number 83, all of which have been inspected
during the year, and when necessary lime whiting and cleansing
has been done. They were generally found to be kept in a
cleanly state free from effluvia and were ventilated. The
owners we find most willing to carry out any suggestions we
make from time to time in order to keep the premises in a
good sanitary condition.
Cowhouses and Slaughterhouses.
It is illegal for persons to undertake the business of keepers
of cows or slaughterers of cattle unless under license of the
London County Council, and that body exercises a certain
amount of supervision over such persons. Before the license
is granted each year, every Sanitary Authority is supplied with
a list of applications sent to the Council in its respective
district, and are invited to send representatives to attend on
the licensing day, and if it is considered necessary, to oppose
the license being granted. We have at the present time 20