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THE LICENSED COWSHEDS.
The licensed cowsheds are 16 in number, viz., 10 in North
Kensington, and 6 in South Kensington. The names of the
licensees, and the localities of the licensed premises, are set out
in Table XII. (Appendix). The several premises were inspected,
in July, by the Works, Sanitary, and General Purposes Committee,
and were "found in a satisfactory condition." The sheds are
licensed for the keeping of 196 cows, but contained 189 only, at
the time of inspection.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS OBDEB
OF 1879.
Sanitary Supervision of Dairies, Cowsheds, &c.—The
Metropolitan Board of Works is the "Local Authority" under
this Order, framed by the Privy Council, in the exercise of the
powers given to it by the 34th section of the Contagious Diseases
(Animals) Act, 1878, which provides for the registration of persons
carrying on the trades of cow-keeper and purveyor of milk, for
regulating the lighting, ventilation, cleansing, drainage, and water
supply of dairies and cowsheds; for securing the cleanliness of
milk stores, milkshops, and milk vessels, and for protecting milk
against infection and contamination. The Order also empowers
the Local Authority to make regulations for the cleansing of the
premises. We learn from the Board's Annual Report that since
the Order came into operation, upwards of 18,000 registrations or
transfers of registration have been effected, and that during 1884
there were in the Metropolis 850 cowkeepers, keeping upwards of
10,000 cows. In the larger dairies and milk stores, it is stated,
much improvement has taken place, and they are generally in a
satisfactory condition; while in the small shops where milk is sold,
there has been considerable improvement in point of cleanliness,
and in the separation, from the place of storage, of substances
likely to contaminate the milk. The terminal and local railway
stations in the Metropolis, at which country milk is delivered,