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the district in which the cows are housed shall be bound,
when required, to supply to the Local Authority of the
district in which the milk is sold or consumed full
information and veterinary reports regarding the condition
of the cows, byres, etc., whence the milk is drawn.
Where the Local Authority of one district are dissatisfied
with the reports so obtained, they may apply to the
Local Government Board, with a view to an independent
inspection and report being made."
The Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1899, provides
that milk from cows, certified by a Veterinary Surgeon to be suffering
from Tubercular disease of the udder, shall not be mixed with other
milk, and shall not be sold or used for human food.
To consistently carry out this Order it is necessary that the cows
should be examined for the purpose of ascertaining whether they suffer
from udder disease, and also that the supply of milk should be
periodically examined for the presence of the Tubercle Bacillus. Both
these measures were adopted by the London County Council at the
end of last year, and I give below the summary of results found by
the Veterinary Surgeon whom they engaged for the purpose of
examining into the condition of the cows in London cowsheds:—
"In all, 5,144 cows were inspected, and of these 4,464 were
found to be free from disease or abnormalities of the
udder."