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Resolutions with regard to Milk Supply and Bovine
Tuberculosis.
1. That the adoption and enforcement of the regulations
under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders
should be made compulsory on all Sanitary
Authorities throughout the Kingdom, and that in
the event of any Urban or Rural District Authority
failing to carry out the Order or Regulations made
under it, the County Councils be empowered to act.
2. That instead of the present system of Registration of
Cowkeepers, a system of annual licenses should be
substituted, renewable only if the premises are kept
in sanitary condition—as in the case of slaughterhouses—and
as provided in the Liverpool Improvement
Act, 1867, and the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
3. That throughout the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Orders and the Regulations made under them the
responsibility of carrying out all structural alterations
should be placed upon the owner.
4. That similar powers to those given to the large towns
with regard to Tuberculosis and the milk supply be
extended to the whole country, and that a national
scheme should be undertaken for the purpose of
reducing the prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis.
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5. That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to
the Prime Minister, the President of the Local
Government Board, and the President of the Board
of Agriculture.