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Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
The factories, workshops and workplaces on the Register
number 210, as compared with 196 at the end of 1907.
The details of the work done by your Inspectors under
the provisions of this Act are recorded, as far as practicable,
in the tabulated statement included in the report of your
Medical Officer of Health.
The usual periodical visits by your inspectors have been
maintained, and the sanitary defects discovered were
promptly remedied by the persons responsible.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.
Twelve applications for registration under the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1885, were received from
two dairymen, one cowkeeper, and nine purveyors of milk.
The business premises of seven of the purveyors of milk are
outside the district. The proprietorship of one cowshed and
three dairies changed hands, and the carrying on of the
business of two cowkeepers and one dairyman was discontinued.
At the end of the year there were 34 dairies and
milkshops, and seven cowsheds in the district. 146 visits
were paid to these premises, and the following matters were
specially dealt with, vizNew milk stores provided, 3; use
of unsatisfactory premises discontinued, 1; entirely new dairy
constructed, 1; new cowshed constructed, 1; yard paving
relaid, 1; drain repaired, 1; cover provided to storage
cistern, 1 ; cleansing of premises, 4.
Special attention was also directed to the grooming of
the cows, but in two or three of the sheds, particularly during
the winter months, the conditions of the cows was not entirely
satisfactory.
As recorded in previous reports the premises generally
are maintained in a satisfactory condition, and the Regulations
in force are, as a rule, carefully observed.