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tuberculi bacilli. When the disease was finally found to be tuberculosis
of the udder, the consent of the owner was obtained to the slaughter of the
cows. Although the Dairies, etc., Order of 1899 provides the milk of a
diseased cow shall not be mixed with other milk or sold for human food,
no provision is made for removing or quarantining the cows, and it is
impracticable to keep such cows under constant inspection to ensure that
the milk is not mixed with that of any other cows.
The St. Pancras Borough Council was of opinion power should be
given to Borough Councils under Article 2 of the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Order of 1899, and Article 15 of the Order of 1885, to remove
and place in quarantine any milch cow suspected to be diseased or
tubercular, until the animal is condemned or released by the Veterinary
Inspector under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, and to pay
reasonable compensation to the owners for such quarantine or detention,
and representations to this effect had been made to the Local Government
Board, the Board of Agriculture and the London County Council.
The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended—That the
Council concur in the opinion expressed by St. Pancras Borough Council,
and representations on the subject be made to the Local Government
Board, the Board of Agriculture and the London County Council.