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Number of places
Number of inspection, 1919
Number of notices, 1919
Number of prosecutions, 1919
On register at end of 1918.
Added in 1919.
Removed in 1919.
On register at end of 1919.
A. Business Premises.
Milk premises 183 6 6 183 402 6 —
Cowsheds 5 — 1 4 56 — —
Slaughterhouses 4 — 1 3 156 — —
Offensive trade premises 2 — — 2 76 — —
Icecream premises 118 — 24 96 102 5 —
Butter and
facturers and Dealers 9 2 — 11 23 2 —
Bakehouses 75 — — 75 150 6
B. Habitations
Houses let in lodgings 1152 — — 1152 5013 1974 6
Common lodging houses 6 — — 6 — — —
Underground rooms
Underground sleeping rooms} not registered - - - - - - -
A.—BUSINESS PREMISES.
Cow sheds.—The following list shows the number of cow sheds in the Borough,
the number of cows for which they are licensed, and the actual number kept.
Premises. Licensed for. Cows kept.
58, Acacia Road 44 Nil
56, Bell Street 15 4
42a, Clipstone Street 10 10
3, Malthouse Mews 22 2
Totals 105 16
For the considerable reduction in the numbers of cows kept in sheds in the
Borough the war is entirely responsible, several of the cowkeepers having found it
impossible, or at least impracticable, to face the increase in the cost of cows, the
difficulty in obtaining fodder and labour and the increased cost of both. That in
some cases it was fortunate that the conditions compelled discontinuance of the
practice cannot be denied. In a Borough such as St. Marylebone there are few
situations which can be regarded as anything like suitable for cowsheds. Though it
may be admitted that the cow in the town shed is as a rule much cleaner, much
better groomed, probably much better looked after than many of her sisters in the
country, it cannot be regarded as fair or just to her that she should be shut up
continuously for so long as she will give a satisfactory quantity of milk, in a place
that if just sufficiently ventilated and lighted, is no more than sufficiently so and in
which no more space is given her than will permit of her standing up and lying
down. Even if she does provide for the people a milk that is rather fresher and
probably rather cleaner than that generally provided in a town, from her point of