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Regulations under the Order were made by fhe Local Board
for the District of Acton, acting as the Urban SanitaryAuthority
for such District on November 4th, 1890, but before
dealing with the Regulations, there are certain matters in the
Order which bear directly on the control of the milk supply.
Article VI. (Sub-section 1) of the Order states that it shall
not be lawful for any person to carry on in the district of any
Local Authority the trade of cowkeeper, dairyman or purveyor of
milk unless he is registered as such therein in accordance with,
this article.
In Sub-section 3 of Article 6, it states that the Local!
Authority shall register every such person, but the fact of such
registration shall not be deemed to authorise such person to
occupy as a dairy or cowshed any particular building or in any
way preclude any proceedings being taken against such person
for non-compliance with infringement of any of the provisions of
the Order or any Regulations made thereunder.
It will be observed that the Local Authority cannot refuse toregister
any person applying for that purpose. It is true that
such registration does not afford any protection in respect of the
keeping of the premises in such a way as to contravene the
provisions of the Order in other respects or of any regulation
made under it.
In 31 instances the milk is sold in general shops and in 25
of these, paraffin, wood, &c. are sold in the same shop as the
milk. In two instances the milk is sold in grocery shops, and
in one instance the owner of the premises has an off-license.
Regulations 9 and 10 prescribe the precautions to be taken
by purveyors of milk and persons selling milk by retail against
infection or contamination.
Under Regulation 9, a purveyor of milk, or a person selling
milk by retail, shall not cause any milk to be stored on his
premises in any cellar or room in which there is any untrapped