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Having regard to the importance of a pure milk supply,
especially with respect to infantile mortality, it is a matter of
surprise that an Act has not been made whereby all Dairies,
Cowsheds and Milkshops would have to be Certificated by the Local
Authorities before being allowed to sell an article of such vital
importance.
There is no doubt that Urban Districts have during the past few •
years put in force all the powers given them with respect to the
Milk Trade, but it requires the co-operation of Rural Districts at
the source of supply, and Carriers in the Transit, before the problem
of a purer Milk Supply is solved.
All of us have seen the Country Cowshed, with its cobble-stone
floor, its dark, unventilated condition, and the malodorous smell
from the adjacent manure heap without any proper dung-pit, the
Cows milked by the picturesque Men and Maidens straight from
various duties, without any attempt at cleansing, to send the
" New Pure Milk " to its various destinations, is it any wonder that
Municipal Authorities are driven to Municipal Dairies, &c., to give
the children a proper and sufficient Milk Supply?
The number carrying on the Sale of Milk on the 31st December,
1906, were as follows:—
FOUR COWKEEPERS.
1. A. R. Abbott, Station Road.
2. R. Broomfield, 57, Commerce Road. -
3. J. Gower, Redvers Road.
4. David Sexton, Stuart Crescent.
THIRTY-EIGHT PURVEYORS OF MILK.
1. Anderson, George, 39, Richmond Road.
2. Bennett, Henry, 1a, Warberry Road.
3. Cox, F. W., 1a, Fletton Road.
4. Clear, Edward, 44, Acacia Road.