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(1) Structure of Premises.
The Branch was of opinion that particular attention should be paid to the
structural condition of premises in respect of which application for registration has
been made.
It was not thought necessary to specify minutely the structural conditions
which should be required, as it was thought this should be decided by each Medical
Officer of Health.
Generally the Branch was of opinion that no premises should be registered
for the sale or storage of milk unless the following structural conditions are
complied with:—
The lighting and ventilation should be sufficient.
No room which is capable of use as a sleeping room should communicate
directly with the room or shop where which the milk is sold or
stored.
The premises should be so constructed that every part of the interior is
capable of being maintained in a satisfactory state of cleanliness.
There should be no inlet to any drain in the room or place in which the
milk is sold or stored.
(2) Efficient means of cleaning the milk vessels either by steam or hot water,
should be available.
(3) A plentiful supply of water should be provided, and where a storage cistern
is necessary such cistern should be properly covered and ventilated, and so placed
as to be readily accessible.
(4) No premises should be registered where it is possible that milk may be stored
in close proximity to any article capable of contaminating such milk; as for
instance :—paraffin, fish, coal, vegetables, &c.
(5) No premises should be registered if there is a manure pit or other offensive
accumulation in close proximity.
(6) Efficient means for the storage and removal of house or other refuse should
be provided,
Any premises not complying with the above conditions might justly be removed
from the register. Such action will probably result in a decrease in the number of
chandlers' or general shops registered for the sale of milk, and in the interests of
the public such decrease is desirable unless provision can be made for the storage
of the milk in a suitable place other than in the shop itself, where there would be
no risk of contamination.