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places, but the matter was dealt with under the ordinary nuisance
sections of the Public Health Act, and the use of this place for the
purpose was given up.
Cowsheds.—There are only two cow-keepers, at 13, Marsham Street
(licensed for 19 cows), and at 7, Arthur Street (licensed for 12 cows, but
only two or three have been kept during the year). These premises
were visited 48 times, and one notice was served.
Milk Shops.—At the end of 1906, 332 names of persons selling milk
were upon the register; 65 new names were added during 1907, and
12 removed, leaving 386 at the end of the year. 662 visits were paid.
Whenever an application is made to be placed on the register,- an
examination is made of the premises, and the sale of milk was stopped
in three instances until sanitary defects were rectified. In a number of
instances the premises could not be regarded as satisfactory from the
other articles which were sold, and several applicants were persuaded
not to add the sale of milk to their other business. In one case the
sale of milk was discontinued only on the threat of proceedings.
Notices were served with respect to defects in premises in which
milk was sold.
In one instance, cream cheese was being made in an unsuitable
basement, and on notice being served the practice was discontinued.
One case of enteric fever and one of scarlet fever occurred on
premises in which were milk shops; no persons from houses in which
fever occurred were employed in milk shops. In the enteric fever case
the patient was a milk deliverer, and had been taking round milk up to
five days of the nature of the disease being recognised. A list of the
streets in which he sold milk was obtained, and the Medical Officers of
the respective boroughs duly warned. No further cases appear to have
arisen therefrom. The man, who had been employed in a similar
capacity outside London up to a few weeks of being notified, is said to
be suffering from consumption also.
Two other enquiries have been made in connection with milk
supplies:—
(a) The first arose from a complaint received that some people had
been made ill by the milk supplied them by a dairyman in the
City. The complainant had an examination made of the
milk, and it was reported to contain blood and pus. He
thereupon communicated with me and the dairyman, who I
found had at once stopped the supply from the farm, and sent
his own Veterinary Surgeon to examine the whole of the cows,
108 in number. Two were found to be suffering from
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