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These places are at the present time necessarily periodically visited by your
Sanitary Inspectors, and, in addition, are constantly seen by your Food
Inspector. It is difficult, therefore, to see what advantage can accrue from
the inspection by a third officer who is not trained in sanitary matters.
In these circumstances, it seems advisable to reproduce the regulations made
by the Corporation.
41 and 42 Vict., Ch. 74, and the Dairies. Cowsheds, and Milk-shops
Order of 1885.
Regulations as to Milk-stores and Milk-shops, &c., and as to precautions
against the infection and contamination of Milk in the City of
London and the Liberties thereof.
Contained in the "Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milk-shops Order of 1885," and the
Regulations made thereunder by the Corporation of London.
Registration.
1.—Every Purveyor of Milk, Dairyman or Cowkeeper, carrying on
his trade in the City of London and the Liberties thereof, must be
registered as such by the Corporation of London.
Application for Registration must be upon the form provided for the
purpose, to be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office, Guildhall.
Contamination of Milk.
2.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of
Cowkeeper, or Dairyman, or Purveyor of Milk, or being the occupier of
a Milk-store or Milk-shop—(a) to allow any person suffering from a
dangerous infectious disorder, or having recently been in contact with a
person so suffering, to milk cows, or to handle vessels used for containing
milk for sale, or in any way to take part or assist in the conduct of the
trade or business of the Cowkeeper, or Dairyman, Purveyor of Milk, or
occupier of a Milk-store, or Milk-shop, so far as regards the production,
distribution, or storage of Milk; or—(b) if himself so suffering or having
recently been in contact as aforesaid, to milk cows, or handle vessels
used for containing Milk for sale, or in any way to take part in the conduct
of his trade or business, so far as regards the production, distribution,
or storage of Milk—until in each case all danger therefrom of the
communication of infection to the Milk or of its contamination has
ceased.
3.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of Cowkeeper
or Dairyman, or Purveyor of Milk, or being the occupier of a