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of this year to those underground bakehouses they found to be iu
compliance with the requirements, but in the case of bakehouses there
is no opportunity of annual revision.
"I need scarcely remind you of the importance of this question in
the City of Westminster. Hotels and restaurants for all classes are
numerous, and patronised by visitors from all parts of the world. It is
therefore to the interest of their owners and the Council alike to see
that the places are suitably constructed and carried on in accordance
with hygienic requirements.
"Probably you will appoint a Sub-committee, who should visit such
places for which application is made when it is reported ready for
certification.
"I have the honour to be,
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
"Your obedient Servant,
"Francis J. Allan,
"Medical Officer of Health.
"23rd October, 1904."
It is also proposed to issue certificates to above ground bakehouses
on similar lines to those underground.
Milkshops.—Two hundred and ninety-eight visits were made by the
District Inspectors to milkshops, in addition to visits at regular intervals
by the Food Inspectors, and in one case notice was served requiring
thorough cleansing of the premises. The number on the register at the
beginning of 1904 was 303, at the end, 289; 27 shops were demolished,
2 closed, 8 used for other purposes, and in 4 instances the sale of milk
was discontinued; 30 new names were entered on the register.
The powers given to the Borough Councils under the Dairies and
Milkshops Order are defective in that apparently the Council is unable
to enforce compliance with the requirements of the Order. Application
has been made to the Local Government Board and the Board of
Agriculture for a definite statement on this, but it has not been forthcoming.
The Council agreed with a series of resolutions on the subject
forwarded by the Lambeth Borough Council:—
"1. That the Local Government Board and the Board of
Agriculture be urged to take such steps as will ensure the better
enforcement of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders,
and the Regulations made thereunder, outside the Metropolis.
"2. That in respect of the Metropolis, the Local Government
Board be urged to carry out their statutory powers, as laid down in
Section 28 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
"3. That the attention of the Railway Companies and the large