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none were kept. A total of 53 visits were paid, when with few exceptions they were found
satisfactory. On two occasions, however, attention was drawn to foul udders, flanks, etc.,
which were bound to contaminate the milk. The necessity for the above repairs to roof and
floors, and in one instance suspicion of advanced tuberculosis in a cow, including the udder,
was reported to the L.C.C. The cow in question was not, however, giving milk at the time,
but in the usual course the attention of the County Council's Veterinary Inspector was called
to it, and although from enquiries made later, it did not appear that the Veterinary Inspector
upheld my suspicions of tuberculosis, yet about a fortnight later the cow died in the shed,
and was removed to the knacker's yard. Some difficulty occurred on two or three occasion:,
in gaining admission to this shed owing to the door being locked and the key not being
available. The licensee was informed that unless facilities for inspection were duly afforded
the renewal of the licence would be opposed, and this had the desired effect.
Offensive Trades.—Comprising 3 tripe boilers, 2 gutscrapers and the knacker's yard,
received 87 visits during the year, with satisfactory results, neither have any complaints of
bad smells in the neighbourhood been received,, as on some previous occasions.
One of the premises (tripe boilers) situate at Pleasant Grove, has been seldom used
during the year, probably just sufficient to ensure its existence.
i am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
H. WILKINSON,
Inspector of Meat and Other Foods.
Milkshops and Dairies.—At the end of the year there were 493 milkshops
and dairies on the register, to which 1,043 visits were paid by the district
inspectors.
The state of the law with respect to these places in London is very unsatisfactory,
because, as the Public Health Committee are advised by the Council's
solicitor, it is not necessary for a purveyor of milk to register unless the sale
of milk forms a substantial part of his business. In a letter, dated some time
ago, the solicitor wrote: "I think that a purveyor of milk means a man who
as the Lord Chief Justice said, sells retail to refreshment establishments and
wholesale to other milk dealers. If this be correct, then it is not necessary
for a person who sells milk by retail to be registered unless the trade is so
large, as, for instance, the Aylesbury Dairy Company, that they really could
be looked upon as purveyors of milk."
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, Section 5
provides as follows:—
"Notwithstanding anything contained in the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Order of 1885, or in any subsequent order, any sanitary authority
may remove from the register kept by them of persons from time to time
carrying on in their district the trade of cow-keepers, dairymen or purveyors