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METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
41 & 42 Vict., Ch. 74, and the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1885.
REGULATIONS AS TO MILK SOLD BY RETAIL.
Abstract of the provisions contained in the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Order of 1885, relating to the sale of Milk.
Registration.
1.—Every Purveyor of milk, carrying on his trade in the Metropolis (except
the City of London) must be registered by the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Sec. 6. O. in
C.
Application for registration must be upon the form provided for the purpose, whih
can be obtained at the Board's Office, Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, S.W.
Contamination of Milk.
2.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of Cowkeeper or
Dairyman or Purveyor of Milk, or being the occupier of a Milk-store or Milkshop—(1a)
To allow any person suffering from a dangerous infectious disorder, or
having recently been in contaCt with a person so suffering, to milk cows, or to
handle vessels used for containing milk for sale, or in any way to take part or
assist in the conduct of the trade or business of the Cow-keeper or Dairyman
Purveyor of milk, or occupier of the Milk-store or Milk-shop, so far as regards
the production, distribution or storage of milk; or—(b) If himself so suffering,
or having recently been in contact as aforesaid, to milk cows, or handle vessels
used for containing milk for sale, or in any way to take part in the conduCt of his
trade or business, as far as regards the production, distribution or storage of
milk—until in each case all danger therefrom of the communication of infection
to the milk or of its contamination has ceased;
Sec. 9. O. in
C.
3.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of Cowkeeper or
Dairyman or Purveyor of milk, or being the occupier of a Milk-store or Milkshop,
after the receipt of notice of not less than one month from the Local
Authority, calling attention to the provisions of this article, to permit any watercloset,
earth-closet, privy, cesspool, or urinal to be within, communicate direCtly
with, or ventilate into, any Dairy or any room used as a Milk-store or Milk-shop.
Sec. 10. O.
in C.
4.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of Cowkeeper or
Dairyman or Purveyor of milk, or being the occupier of a Milk-store or Milk-shop,
to use a Milk-store or Milk-shop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used
as a sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatable with the proper
preservation of the cleanliness of the Milk-store or Milk-shop, and of the milkvessels
or milk therein, or in any manner likely to cause contamination of the
milk therein.
Sec. 11. O.
in C.