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had 7 instead of 5. W. G. Le Beau had 9 instead of 5. Griffith Jones
had 21 instead of 15, and he also kept 4 cows in an unlicensed stable.
Messrs. Barker, May, Benyon, Williams, and Ayres, have not observed
the regulations of the Board, relating to the removal of the dung, from
their premises three times a week. The stirring up the dung and carting
it away from the premises, where cows are kept, are nuisances, and the
longer that the dung remains on the premises, the greater will be the
nuisance. Dung, in my opinion, should not be permitted to remain upon
any premises for a longer period than two days. Unless proper sanitary
regulations are observed by cow-keepers, the license should not be
granted.
In the minutes of the meeting of the Board of "Works, held on
Monday, 14th October, 1867, on the report of the clerk, respecting the
result of the applications for slaughter-houses, and for keeping cows,
it was resolved that the clerk be directed to "issue notices to the owners
of cow-houses, specifying the number of animals for which it was considered
by the medical officer each place licensed was capable of containing,
allowing 1,000 cubic feet for each, and to give notice that if the number
was exceeded, the Board would oppose the grant of future licenses, and in
the interim, adopt such other measures as should appear necessary."
In accordance with the above resolution, the clerk issued a letter to
each cow-keeper in the District, embodying the resolution of the Board,
a copy of which letter is printed in my Quarterly Beport for September
last. The cow-keepers have, therefore, had ample notice of the requirements
of the Board, as regards the number of cows to be kept on each of
their premises sought to be licensed; in addition to this notice of the
clerk, the Inspectors have, on each visit, warned the proprietors of the
consequences of disregarding the regulations of the Board. If, therefore,
any of the above-mentioned cow-keepers should lose their license, they
will have to blame themselves.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
Having recently in a Report, which was printed by order of the Board,
and circulated among the members, explained the duties that were performed
by the four Inspectors, it is unnecessary to occupy your time by
again laying the matter before you; I may, however, here remark, that in
order to carry out, in an efficient manner, the inspection of the District for
sanitary purposes, it is absolutely necessary that all the rooms in every
house, which is let out in separate tenements, should be regularly and
systematically inspected once, at least, in every three months, so that the
Board, and the Medical Officer of health, may be well acquainted with the
general condition of the houses in the worst localities.