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West Ham 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

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Ventilation.
11. Every cowkeeper shall cause every dairy in his occupation to
be sufficiently ventilated, and for this purpose to be provided with a
sufficient number of openings into the external air to keep the air in
the dairy in a wholesome condition.
Cleansing.
12. (1.) Every cowkeeper shall cause every part of the interior of
every dairy in his occupation to be thoroughly cleansed from time to
time as often as may be necessary to secure that such dairy shall be at
all times reasonably clean and sweet.
(2.) He shall cause the floor of every such dairy to be thoroughly
cleansed with water at least once in every day.
Drainage.
13. (1.) Every cowkeeper shall cause the drainage of every dairy
in his occupation to be so arranged that all liquid matter, which may
fall or be cast upon the floor, may be conveyed by a suitable open
channel to the outside of such dairy, and may there be received in a
suitable gully communicating with a proper and sufficient drain.
(2.) He shall not cause or suffer any inlet to any drain of such
dairy to be within such dairy.
Water Supply.
14. (1.) Every cowkeeper shall cause every dairy in his occupation
to be provided with an adequate supply of good and wholesome water
for the cleansing of such dairy and of any vessels that may be used
therein for containing milk, and for all other reasonable and necessary
purposes in connection with the use thereof.
(2.) He shall cause every cistern or other receptacle in which any
such water may be stored to be properly covered and ventilated, and
so placed as to be at all times readily accessible.
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