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be removed as frequently as the Sanitary Committee'
and the Medical Officer of Health may from time to
time deem necessary.
6.—That the grain-bins and receptacles for wash be
kept in repair, clean, and well-covered; that they be
made of or be lined with impervious material and
placed outside the shed, and that the grain-bin be
drained by a drain disconnected from the sewer.
7.—That the cubical area be sufficient to allow of a
breathing space of not less than 800 cubic feet for each
cow, and the height of the cow-house in excess of 18
feet shall not be taken into account in estimating the
air space.
8.—that the inner walls of every cow-house in front of
the cows be covered with hard, smooth, and impervious
material to a height of at least 5 feet from the floor of
each cow-shed.
9.—That a greater number of cows be not kept in any
cow-house than the number for which such cow-house
is licensed.
10.—That there be no dwelling room over the cow house
and that in all cases there be an intervening space
between the cow-house and the dwelling-house adjoining.
11.—No water-closet, privy, cesspool, or urinal shall be
within, communicate directly with, or ventilate into
the cow-house.
12.—That the premises be lime-whited throughout the
interior at least once in every three months.
13.—That no milk shall be stored in the cow-house or in
any room or place directly communicating with it.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
The Vestry will recollect that they had recently brought to
their notice a memorial from the Wandsworth Board of
Works to the Home Secretary, urging the necessity for an
enquiry by a skilled officer in cases in which the cause of
death of a person has not been certified to by a registered
medical practitioner, and concerning which no inquest has.
been held before the death is registered and the body buried.