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of owner, re-registered as milkshops, 21 Poplar, 22 Bromley and
15 Bow.
For milkshops connected with infectious diseases, see page 60.
Conference of Dairymen and Keepers of Milkshops.
At a Conference of the Public Health Committee of the Metropolitan
Borough of Wandsworth Council and dairymen and keepers of milkshops
in the Borough, held at the Council House, Wandsworth, on the 17th July,
1906, the following Resolutions were passed, viz.:—
1. That the Board of Agriculture be urged to bring into force
and carry out the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order in the
country, with such variations as are applicable in various districts.
2. That the Board of Agriculture be requested to take steps to
ensure that the udders of the cows and the hands and arms of the
person milking shall be clean at the time of milking, and that the
vessel used shall be clean and be kept solely for the purpose of
milking.
3. That in the opinion of this Conference all Railway Companies
carrying milk should provide proper insulated trucks, as now used by
the London and North-Western Railway Company, for the purpose.
4. That the Board of Agriculture be urged to take steps to ensure
the carriage of milk in sealed churns.
5. That in the opinion of this Conference all dairies should be
licensed annually, and only licensed dairies should sell milk for
consumption on or off the premises, and that all milk on the counter
for sale in open vessels should be covered with muslin or other
suitable cover.
6. It was generally admitted that preservatives are not necessary.
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, with a
view to the delivery of milk in London free from dirt resolved that a
copy of the foregoing resolutions should be sent to the Board of
Agriculture and to the Metropolitan City and Borough Councils; and
that they be asked, if they approve, to support the resolutions.
The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended the
Council:—That the resolutions be approved and a communication
addressed to the Board of Agriculture in support thereof.