Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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No. 16. Shed, in the occupation of Mr. Webb,
Grey Eagle Street.
Eight Cows used to be kept in this Shed. It is now
licensed for five. The ventilation requires to be improved,
which can 'be done by some raised ridge-tiles on the roof,
and by making openings at the top of each gable. A
removal of a few boards, will easily effect this. The
license may be granted for six Cows.
No. 17. Shed, in the occupation of Mr. Neill,
Brown's Lane.
This Shed communicates with the dwelling-house, and is a
close and confined place. A trap-door has recently been
fixed in the roof, which, when open, gives a freer current
to the air. A second trap-door also exists, in the place of
which a ventilating shaft, furnished with a diaphragm,
should be substituted. A license may be granted for two
Cows.
No. 18. Shed, in the occupation of
Mrs. Williams, Brown's Lane.
This Shed is a very irregularly shaped one, and for practical
purposes, may be viewed as having standing-places
for two rows of Cows. The greater part of the Shed is
covered by a loft, and some of the Cows occupy stalls
which are placed under the floor of a sleeping-room, near
to the entrance into the Shed. A ventilating shaft should
be carried through the roof, just behind these Cows, and
additional ventilation to the whole building should be
obtained by the use of raised ridge-tiles to the roof, from
end to end. Nineteen Cows used to be kept. It may now
be licensed for sixteen.