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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,
with the exception of two in Blechynden Mews, the renewal of
the licences to which was successfully opposed; the licensees
subsequently obtaining satisfactory premises in the near
neighbourhood of their old sheds. The sheds are licensed for
the keeping of 185 cows, but contained 107 only at the time of
inspection. The licensed premises are systematically visited by
the several Inspectors, although your Vestry have no statutory
powers in regard to them, the Metropolitan Board being the
" Local Authority" in respect of cow-sheds, as explained in the
two following sections.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS ORDER
OF 1885.
The 34th section of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act,
1878, provides for the registration of persons carrying on the
trades of cowkeeper and purveyor of milk ; for regulating the
lighting, ventilation, cleansing, drainage and water supply of
dairies and cowsheds ; for securing the cleanliness of milkstores,
milkshops, and milk vessels ; and for protecting milk
against infection and contamination. The Metropolitan Board
of Works is the " Local Authority " for the purposes of the Act
in the Metropolis, the City only excepted. Under the provisions
of the 34th section, the Privy Council framed " The Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1879," which enabled the
Local Authority to make regulations for the purposes above
indicated. This Order was superseded in 1885 by a fresh Order.
The new Order differs from its predecessor mainly in its more
strict provisions designed to prevent spread of infectious disease
through the agency of milk. But it also enlarges the powers
of the Local Authority to make regulations for securing proper