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All the vendors were served with a notice requiring them to
keep the milk covered, either with a permanent cover or piece
of wet muslin. This requirement it has been found is now
seldom neglected. Several keepers of shops where milk was
sold in conjunction with articles such as old clothes, coal,
greengrocery, &c., were required to discontinue selling either
the milk or the other articles which interfered with its
cleanliness. Regulation No. 32 under the Dairies Order
requires purveyors of milk to adopt such precautions as may
be necessary for preserving the purity of the milk, and it is
under this regulation that the above requirements have been
made.
10. The number of Cowsheds remained as before, 18.
Fifty-six inspections were made by Messrs. Powell and Wood.
Before the County Council licensing sessions all the sheds were
inspected by Chief Inspector Duck and myself. Nine notices
were served and complied with. Five sheds were found dirty
and cleansed. A new milk store was built to avoid keeping
the milk in the cowshed, and several improvements in paving,
dung pits, &c., effected. All the sheds were whitewashed
twice during the year.
Slaughtekhouses.
11. There was no change in the number of Slaughterhouses
registered, which remained 11 as in the two previous years.
83 Inspections were made and 6 notices served and complied
with.
Nuisances (See Table XVa.)
12. Complaints.—All complaints received are investigated,
whether anonymous or otherwise, but it would be of great