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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.
5.—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 Milkshop,
after the receipt of notice of not less than one month from the Local
Authority, calling attention to the provisions of this Article, to permit any
water-closet, earth-closet, privy, cesspool, or urinal to be within, communicate
directly with, or ventilate into, any Dairy, or any room used as a Milk-store or
Milk-shop.
Sec. 11. o. m c.
6.—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,
to use a Milk-store or Milk-shop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used
as a sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatible with the proper preservation
of the cleanliness of the Milk-store or Milk-shop, and of the milk-vessels and
milk therein, or in any manner likely to cause contamination of the milk therein.
Milk of Diseased Cows.
Sec. is. o. in c.
7.—If at any time disease exists among cattle, the milk of a diseased cow—
(a) shall not be mixed with other milk ; and
(b) shall not be sold or used for human food ; and
(c) shall not be sold or used for food of swine, or other animals
unless and until it has been boiled.
Regulations for Dairies.
Lighting and
8.—Every Dairy shall be sufficiently lighted, and shall be thoroughly
ventilated by louvred ventilators, ventilating shafts, or openings in the walls
or roof.
Floor and wails.
9.—Every Dairy shall be well paved with flagstones, concrete or other
suitable material, properly set in cement, and the inner walls thereof shall be
covered with hard, smooth and impervious material to a height of at least six feet
from the floor of such Dairy, and such hard, smooth and impervious material shall
not be covered with cement-wash, lime-wash or other substance.
Drainage.
10—The floor of every Dairy shall fall or slope towards an opening in the
walls thereof, leading to a properly trapped gully-hole outside such Dairy ; and
no inlet to a drain shall be within any Dairy.
Water supply.
11.—Every Dairy shall be provided with an adequate supply of water, and,
where there is not a constant supply, with a slate, metal or metallic-lined tank,
properly covered, and provided with an overflow or warning pipe, and with
piping for conveying the water to the Dairy. The tank shall have no communication
with any water-closet or drain by means of a waste pipe, and shall be
supplied with good and wholesome water, which, if practicable, shall be procured
by the occupier from a public water company, and such tank shall be cleansed as
often as may be necessary for keeping the same in a clean condition.