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and ventilation, cleansing, drainage, and water supply of dairies and cowsheds in the
occupation of persons following the trade of cowkeepers or dairymen ; (c) for securing
the cleanliness of milk shops and milk vessels used for containing milk for sale by such
persons, and; (d) for prescribing precautions to be taken by purveyors of milk and
persons selling milk by retail against infection and contamination. There are in
Shoreditch at the present time 303 premises in which milk is sold. The number is
however liable to frequent variations. Many of the milk vendors in the Borough are
in a small way of business, and milk in small quantities is frequently sold at little
general shops, such being likely to require a good deal of attention. Without dwelling
upon the extreme importance which should be attached to the preservation of the purity
of the milk supply of a community, it may be pointed out that outbreaks of infectious
disease attributable to lack of proper precautions with respect to the milk supply have
been by no means uncommon in various parts of the country, and there are grounds
also for believing that milk may play an important part as a vehicle of infection for the
diarrhoea, which in the summer played such havoc amongst infants. It therefore
becomes a matter of considerable moment in the interests of the health of the people
that all proper steps should be taken for the preservation of the purity of the milk supply,
and this can only be properly and effectually carried out by a systematic visitation of
the premises upon which milk is sold.
OFFENSIVE BUSINESSES.
The following offensive businesses may be established anew in London, or the
premises on which such businesses are carried on may be enlarged if sanctioned by
the County Council:—fellmonger, tripe boiler, slaughterer of cattle or horses, soap
boiler under certain conditions, animal charcoal manufacturer, blood drier, catgut
maker, fat melter or fat extracter, glue and size manufacturer, and gutscraper. The
only offensive businesses registered in Shoreditch, besides the slaughterers of cattle
which have already been dealt with in this report, are two tripe boiler3, one at No. 69,
Haggerston Boad, and the other at 110, Goldsmith Bow. The duty of enforcing the
bye-laws and regulations with respect to these has been transferred to the Borough
Council by the London Government Act, 1899.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The following houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one
family, were registered under the bye-laws in force relating to them:—
Westmoreland Place, Nos. 60, 61, 62, 68, 69, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86,
89, 90, and 92.
New North Boad, Nos. 3, 5, 9, 11, and 13.
Branch Place, No. 20.
Allerton Street, No. 33.
Britannia Street, Nos. 66, 67, and 70.
Cavendish Street, Nos. 4 and 6.
Bookham Street, Nos. 26, 31, and 32.
Altogether 31 houses were registered during the year, and the number on the
register is 156.