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registration, drainage, lighting, ventilation and air space,
water supply, cleansing and sanitation generally, as given
by the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders of 1879,
1885, and 1886, too rigorously enforced—milk being a very
common and generally used article of food, and requiring
to be kept consequently as pure and free from pollution as
possible.
A perusal of the recently.made Register for Lambeth,
will shew that the sanitary condition of the Lambeth Cowsheds
is good, the air space varying from 501 to 2346
cubic feet, and the floor space from 24 to 34 square feet,
per cow respectively.
Analysing and tabulating the cubic capacities and floor
spaces more in detail, it is found that:—
Cubic Capacities.
9 allow between 1000 and 1500 square feet per cow.
8 „ „ 800 „ 1000 „ „ „ „
15 „ „ 600 „ 800 „ „ „
1 „ „ 500 „ 600 „ „ „ „
1 „ „ 400 „ 500 „ „ „ „
i.e., 94.6 per cent. allow over 600 cubic feet per cow.
54.05 „ „ „ „ 800 „ „ „ „
32.4 „ „ „ „ 1000 „ „ „ „
Floor Spaces.
18 allow between 30 and 35 square feet per cow.
16 „ „ 28 „ 30 „ „ „ ,,
2 „ „ 26 „ 28 „ „ „ „
1 „ „ 24 „ 26 „ „ „ ,,
i.e., 13.3 per cent. allow over 32 square feet per cow.
91.9 „ „ „ „ 28 „ „ „ „
These results are satisfactory, as the London County
Council lays down—600 cubic feet per cow in a shed with
perfectly efficient means of ventilation, and 800 cubic feet
in a shed with imperfect means of ventilation; whilst the