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During 1913 the following addition to the Register was
made:—
1 Dairyman and Purveyor.
Frequent visits are made to all premises, aud every effort
made by the Council's officers to ensure a clean and wholesome
milk supply. The older cowsheds are not well constructed,
but the use of one of these will, I understand, be
discontinued in the near future.
The Council's Veterinary Inspector (Mr. Overed,
M.R.C.V.S.) and your Medical Officer made periodical inspections
of all the dairy cows in the district under the powers
conferred by the Finchley Urban District Council Act, 1908.
With one or two exceptions the state of the cowsheds
was satisfactory, but on more than one occasion we had to
severely comment upon the dirty condition of the cows' udders
and hind quarters.
The following is Mr. Overed's report for last year:—
"Gentlemen,—
"I have made the usual quarterly examinations of
"the cows (137) in the district during the past year and
"found their udders generally free from disease. There
"are one or two owners whose oows might be kept in a
"more cleanly condition. Their attention was drawn to
"the fact, and they promised to exercise more care in
"the future.
"Your obedient servant,
"J. E. Overed."
I notice with much pleasure the ever-increasing use of
sealed bottles for the delivery of milk. Practically all the
large companies adopt it to a greater or less extent. Plans
were passed during the year 1912 for the erection in this
district of another factory specially designed and equipped
with all the latest machinery for cleansing, Pasteurising and
bottling milk. The advantages of this method of delivering
milk are so obvious as to need no further comment.