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Several other persons have either discontinued selling milk or
have not commenced to sell as proposed, owing to representations
made to them that the regulations did not allow of milk being
sold in a general shop which could not be kept clean.
These small dealers are often induced to sell milk by a whole,
sale milk vendor, who undertakes to indemnify them should
prosecution for adulteration ensue.
12. The number of cowsheds remained as before—18. These
were all inspected four times, and 11 notices were served for dirty
conditions, &c. Mr. M. Heaslip was prosecuted for keepingcows
without a licence at No. 12, Drew Road, North Woolwich,
and fined £3.
The general condition of the cows and cowsheds in the Borough
is fairly good; probably much better than exists in the provincial
districts, from which the great bulk of the milk sold in the
Borough is derived. Some attempts at grooming the cows is
now made, and the hands of the milkers are said to be washed;
in these respects, however, there is much ground for improvement,
but until the Sanitary Authority has power to do something more
than advise, there is not likely to be much advance.
Slaughter houses.
13. The 11 Slaughterhouses were each inspected six times,
and three notices were served and complied with.
The chief part of the meat sold and eaten in the Borough is
slaughtered outside of the Borough, and the number of animals
killed in Woolwich slaughterhouses is continually decreasing.
A special report on the existing provisions against the sale of
unsound aud diseased meat was presented and printed in your
Council's minutes of 25th January, 1906. The conclusion and
recommendations were as follows :—