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The following is a summary of the Milk Clauses contained
in the Finchley Urban District Council Act, 1908:—
Part V.—Milk Provisions.
Section 46.—A person shall be liable to a Penalty not
exceeding Ten Pounds for selling or offering to sell
milk of any cow suffering from tuberculosis of the
udder.
Section 47.—Any person the milk of whose cows is sold failing
to isolate any cow suffering from tuberculosis of
the udder shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
Five Pounds.
Section 48.—Every Dairyman shall give notice forthwith to
the Medical Officer of Health of the fact that any cow
in his dairy is affected with, or suspected of, or exhibiting
signs of tuberculosis of the udder, under a
penalty for non-compliance of not exceeding Forty
Shillings.
Section 49.—The Medical Officer of Health or any person
duly authorised by him shall be empowered to take
samples of milk produced or sold, or intended for sale
within the District, and the like powers may be exercised
outside the District on obtaining a Justice's order
having jurisdiction in the place where the sample is to
be taken.
Section 50.—
(1) The Medical Officer of Health, if accompanied by a
Veterinary Surgeon, shall have power to enter Byres
or Cowsheds or other places within or beyond the
District where cows are kept from which milk is
sent for sale within the District, to examine the
cows therein and take samples of milk for the purpose
of ascertaining whether such cows suffer from
diseased or indurated udders or generalised tuberculosis,