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DAIRIES AND COWSHEDS.
There are one cow-keeper and 80 purveyors of milk in the
district.
There were 15 changes of occupation and 5 new premises
were registered.
The registration of these persons is made under the Dairies,
Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885. Clause 6. Under this
clause it is incumbent upon the Council to register the applicant,
quite irrespective of the character of the premises, or of anyother
business carried on along with the sale of milk.
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1885 was
issued by the Privy Council by virtue and in exercise of the
powers in them vested under the Contagious Diseases Act, 1878.
Under Section 9 of the Contagious Diseases Act, 1886, the powers
vested in the Privy Council of making General and Special
Orders under Section 34 of the principal Act are transferred to
the Local Government Board, and the Order of 1885 made by
the Privy Council is deemed to have been made by the Local
Government Board. Article 13 of the Order. enables a local
authority to make regulations for the following purposes:—
1.—For the inspection of cattle in the dairies.
2.—For prescribing and regulating the lighting, ventilation,
cleansing, drainage and water supply of dairies and cowsheds in
the occupation of persons following the trade of cowkeeper or
dairyman.
3.—For securing the cleanliness of milk-stores, milk shops
and of milk-vessels used for containing milk for sale by such
persons.
4.—For prescribing precautions to be taken by purveyors,
of milk and persons selling milk by retail against infection or
contamination.