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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Shed b joins Shed a, at a right angle, and is fitted up for
eighteen Cows, standing in a double row. It is covered
with a hipped roof, and should be ventilated by a shaft,
carried through the central part of each hip, and a third one
through the middle of the ridge. It should not be licensed
for more than sixteen Cows.
On the opposite side of the Yard are some buildings
which are sought to be licensed. No objection exists to
this being done.
Shed c, or No. 3, is thirty-five feet long, fourteen broad,
and ten high. Existing partitions are to be removed, and
the place properly paved and drained. The ventilating
shafts are also to be fixed in the roof. The license to be
granted for eight Cows.
Shed d is eighteen feet long, fourteen broad, and ten
high. It is covered with a loft, through which, and the
roof above, one large ventilating shaft is to be carried.
The license to be granted for five Cows.
Shed e is twenty feet long, fourteen broad, and thirteen
high. It is partly covered by a loft, through which a
ventilating shaft is to be carried, and continued upwards
by the end of a zinc building, which projects over the
roof.