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Regulations prescribing precautions to be taken by Purveyors
of Milk and persons selling Milk by retail against
infection or contamination.
28.—Every Purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by retail, shall,
immediately on any outbreak of infectious or contagious disease within
the building or upon the premises in which he keeps Milk, or amongst
the persons employed in his business, give notice of such outbreak to the
Town Clerk of the City of London, at his Office in Guildhall.
29.—Every Purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by retail, shall,
immediately on such outbreak coming to his knowledge, remove all Milk
for sale, and all utensils for containing Milk for sale, from such building;
and shall cease to keep Milk for sale or to sell Milk in such building
until the same has been disinfected and declared by the Medical Officer
of Health for the City of London to be free from infection.
30.—Every Purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by retail, shall
not keep Milk for sale in any place where it would be liable to become
infected or contaminated by gases or effluvia arising from any sewers,
drains, gullies, cesspools, or closets, or by any offensive effluvia from
putrid or offensive substances, or by impure air, or by any offensive or
deleterious gases or substances.
31.—Every Purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by retail, shall
only keep Milk for sale in clean receptacles; and all utensils used
in connection with the keeping or sale of such Milk shall be at all times
kept clean.
32.—Every Purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by retail, shall
at all times employ such means, and adopt such precautions, as may be
necessary for preserving the purity of Milk, and for protecting it against
infection or contamination.
NOTE.—Sections 60 and 61 of the 41st and 42nd Victoria, Ch. 74,
provide that any person who does anything in contravention of an
Order in Council or of a regulation of a Local Authority is guilty
of an offence against the Act, and is liable to a Penalty not exceeding
Twenty Pounds.
During the year 1901 Chief Inspector A. J. Street reports that 448 Dairies
and Milkshops were dealt with, being 31 more than in 1900. Of the
total number, 368 were registered at Guildhall, 64 were unregistered, and
16 were either closed or demolished.