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Medical Officers of Health have issued the following
letter, dated October 29th, 1859, to each chairman of the
metropolitan vestries:—
"Sir,—At a meeting of the above Association, held at
Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, on Wednesday, October
19th, it was resolved,—' That a letter, signed by the
chairman, be addressed to each vestry and district board
in the metropolis, urging them to procure insertion, in the
proposed bill for Amending the Metropolis Local Management
Act, a clause relating to an annual licensing of
cow houses.'
"In conformity with the above resolution, I most respectfully
and urgently request that your board will, at its
earliest convenience, represent to those who have charge
of the proposed Amendment Bill, the desirability of placing
all cowhouses on a similar footing to slaughter-houses,
as regards the necessity of their being annually licensed.
"The Association of Medical Officers of Health are
thoroughly convinced that cow houses, as at present conducted
in London, are nuisances, and injurious to health,
both directly by giving rise to noxious effluvia, and indirectly
by impairing the health of the cows, which thus
supply unwholesome milk."
VII. Visit of Inspection. It should be recorded, that
pursuant to a resolution passed at a meeting of the Committee,
on the 20th December, the following gentlemen
assembled on the' 23rd at noon, and proceeded to inspect the
worst parts of the May Fair and Hanover Sub-districts;
viz., Messrs. Pocock, Walton, Sydney Howell, and Englefield.
They visited May's Buildings, Brick Street, Hertford
Place, Ducking Pond Mews, No. 18, Grosvenor
Mews, Blomfield Place, Lancashire Court, No. 17, Avery