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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS ORDERS.
At the end of the year there were 638 purveyors of milk registered in the
City of London, as compared with 602, an increase of 36.
The sale of milk was discontinued at 25 premises and the owners' names
removed from the register, 61 new premises were added, and 25 changes
of ownership necessitating re-registration occurred.
Section 5 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908,
provides that any Sanitary Authority in the Metropolis may remove from or
refuse to enter on the Register the names of dairymen or purveyors of milk
whose premises are, in the opinion of such Sanitary Authority, for any reason
unsuitable for the sale of milk thereon. Any person feeling aggrieved by any
decision of a Sanitary Authority under the provisions of this section has the
right of appeal within twenty-one days from the date of such decision to a
Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
Before this Act came into force purveyors of milk could be placed on the
Register without any restrictions, and it is greatly to the advantage of the
public health that Sanitary Authorities should be armed with the powers
provided by this section as the sale of milk in small chandlers' shops, entirely
unfitted for the proper storage of such a susceptible article as milk, is most
objectionable from a public health point of view.
Two cases occurred in the course of the year in which action was taken
under the section referred to above with regard to premises unfitted for the
sale or storage of milk. In one case, a small grocer carrying on business in
George Street, Minories, the place was found to be unfit for the purpose of
the sale of milk, and the applicant served with an intimation notice as to the
requirements imposed upon retailers of milk; before further action could be
taken the premises were closed. In the other case, also that of a grocer,
certain conditions were imposed upon the applicant which she failed to observe,
and the matter is now in the hands of the City Solicitor.
No case of infectious disease has occurred at a registered milk shop during
the year.
A list of Registered Purveyors of Milk in the City is given in Appendix.