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Milkshops.—At the end of 1905 there were 299 on the Register, 34
new names have been added and 1 removed, making 332 at the end of
1906. 397 visits were paid by the District Inspectors to the premises
in addition to visits at regular intervals to the milk-shop itself by the
Inspectors under the Sale of Food and Drags Acts. No name is placed
on the register until the sanitary condition of the premises has been
examined. Notices requiring them to register were sent to a number
of persons who had been found selling milk. Proceedings were about
to be taken against one vendor, but as he was arrested for stealing
milk-cans and sentenced to imprisonment, as well as being evicted from
the rooms he occupied, no further action was taken. Two cases of
enteric fever and one of diphtheria occurred on premises in which were
milk-shops ; persons from two houses, in one of which a case of enteric
fever, and in the other one of scarlet fever occurred, were employed in
milk-shops : in each instance steps were taken to prevent contamination
of the milk by disinfection, prompt removal of the cases to hospital, and
suspension from work of contacts. Forty notices were served with
respect to defects in premises on which milk was sold.
Unclean Milk.—The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth
forwarded on the 13th August, 1906, a copy of certain resolutions
passed at a conference of the Public Health Committee of that Council
and dairymen and keepers of milkshops in that Borough on the 17th
July last. The resolutions were:—
"(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