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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Order in the country, with such variations as are applicable
in the 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 the 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 counter for sale in open vessels should be
covered with muslin or other suitable cover.
(6.) It was generally admitted that preservatives are not
necessary.
We recommend, with a view to the delivery of milk in
London free from dirt, that a copy of such resolutions be sent
to the Board of Agriculture and the other Metropolitan
Borough and City Councils and that they be asked, if they
approve, to support such resolutions."
The Metropolitan Borough Councils of Deptford and Battersea
in reply stated that they had written to the Board of Agriculture
in support of such resolutions; the Westminster City Council
that it concurred in the suggestion, and that it was of opinion
that it is desirable that sealed bottles should be substituted for the
metal cans now in use for the retail delivery of milk; the Corporation
of London and the Kensington Borough Council that they
approved of the several resolutions with the exception of so much
of resolution No. 5 as relates to licensing.