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The details of work done by your Inspectors are recorded
as far as practicable, in the tabulated statement on pages 84—86
of the report of your Medical Officer of Health. The usual
periodical visits have been maintained, and the sanitary
defects discovered were properly remedied by the persons
responsible.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
The Regulations made by the Council under the Dairies,
Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, provide for proper lighting,
air space, ventilation, cleansing, drainage, water supply, and
for precautions to be taken to prevent infection and contamination
of milk.
The usual periodical visits have been paid to the registered
premises in the district, and the necessary steps have been
taken to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Regulations.
In addition to action being taken in regard to certain
minor infringements, several structural improvements have
been carried out. In one instance better facilities for cleansing
an existing cowshed were provided by rendering the whole
of the lower part of the walls with Portland cement. In
another case a stable building was altered and adapted for
use as a cowshed. The alterations included an entirely new
floor and drains, new windows and permanent vent openings
in walls and roof and cement rendering on lower part of walls.
During the year only one dairyman and purveyor of milk
was registered under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Order, 1885. In one instance a shopkeeper desired to keep
milk for sale, but as the premises were quite unsuitable, a
formal application for registration was not made.
The proprietorship of two premises changcd hands, one
cowshed was closed, and at the end of the year business was
being carried on by the persons registered under the Order of
1885, as follows:—