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There are no cowsheds in the City of London.
At the end of the year, 606 purveyors of milk were on the Register, as
■compared with 581 in the previous year, being an increase of 25.
In the course of the year the sale of milk was discontinued at 30 premises and
the owners' names removed from the Register. 55 new premises were added,
and 34 changes of ownership, necessitating re-registrations, occurred.
These premises are regularly and systematically inspected, special care
being taken to ensure that milk receptacles are kept covered, and that the
milk vessels used are kept in a cleanly condition.
In the course of the year 55 cases were reported of neglect to keep pans used
for the storage of milk covered in accordance with No. 17 of the City
Regulations as to Milk Stores and Milk Shops. In each case the offender
was cautioned.
An early morning visit to some premises kept by an Italian resulted in
finding him serving milk from a dirty receptacle. The man was warned, and
the milk destroyed.
Two cases of Infectious Disease (both Scarlet Fever) occurred on registered
premises in the course of the year, and in each instance the patient was
removed to hospital, and the necessary cleansing and disinfection carried out
before allowing any distribution of milk from the premises.
ICE CREAMS.
Under the provisions of the Ice Cream, Section Nos. 42, 43 and 44 of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, which became operative
on 1st November, 1903, any person engaged in the manufacture, sale or storage
of ice cream, or any such commodity, who does any act or thing likely to
expose such commodity to infection or contamination, or omits to take any
proper precaution for the due protection of such commodity from infection
or contamination, shall be liable for every such offence, on conviction, to a penalty
not exceeding forty shillings. He is also liable to a similar penalty if he
omits to notify the outbreak of any infectious disease amongst persons
employed by him in the sale, manufacture or storage of such commodity.
An itinerant vendor of ice cream, &c., must exhibit a notice on his barrow
stating the name and address of the person from whom he obtains such
articles, failing which, he also incurs a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
In 1907 there were 207 premises in the City where ice creams were sold,
as compared with 233 in 1906, and 249 in 1905.