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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOP " ORDERS," 1905.
There are now 567 purveyors of milk registered in the City of London under
the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops "Orders" as compared with 552 in
1904.
In the course of the year the sale of milk was discontinued at 30 premises,
33 new premises were added to the register, and 36 changes in ownership
occurred.
The storage of milk has been satisfactory as regards the vessel, utensils and
surroundings—the only cases in which interference has been found necessary
being three milk vessels unprovided with coverings, and three covers to milk
vessels found to be dirty ; in the former cases the covers were at once provided
by the proprietors, and in the latter cases the coverings were cleaned in the
presence of the Inspector.
Two cases of infectious disease have been reported affecting premises occupied
by registered purveyors of milk.
In one case infectious disease occurred at the residence of a man engaged in
a City dairy ; he was suspended from his employment until removal of case to
hospital and disinfection of dwelling by Local Authority. In the other case
infectious disease occurred on April 19th at Cloth Fair; immediate steps were
taken to prevent the sale of milk at the shop until the premises had been
disinfected.
ICE CREAM.
The 85 places in the City where ice creams are made were kept under
observation during the season with a view to ensuring that the regulations with
regard to its manufacture were properly carried out.
Enquiries were also made respecting the conditions under which ice creams
were manufactured at the 164 places in other districts supplying the article to
tradesmen in the City, and in all cases the replies were satisfactory.
There can be no doubt that the legislation with regard to the sale and
manufacture of this commodity has been of considerable advantage to the
public without placing undue restriction upon the traders.
No case of illness attributed to eating ice cream has been reported in the
City during the year.
The number of itinerant vendors in the City, which had dropped from 47 in
1903 to 19 in 1904, increased to 37 in 1905.