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During the year some important alterations were made in
the regulations under which the cowsheds are conducted in this
district, especially by limiting the number of cows kept in each
shed; by closing the few remaining wells to be found on these
premises; by requiring better paving and improved ventilation
in many of the sheds; and by objecting to all new sheds erected
within 20 feet of a dwelling house, or any part thereof. Copies
of these regulations were distributed to all the cowkeepers, and
successful opposition was made at the Sessions against all who
omitted or neglected to comply with them. We objected at
Great Prescot Street to 23 applications for renewals, and to one
application for a new license, as well as to 3 applications for
renewals at Tottenham Petty Sessions. The whole of these were
adjourned, and, eventually, all the cowkeepers excepting two
complied with our requirements, so that two licenses only were
refused. A copy of these regulations was included in the
Board's report for 1877-78. In the early part of 1879 an order
in Council was issued under the provisions of the Contagious
Diseases Animals Act, 1878, requiring the Local Authorities
throughout Great Britain to open a register for the registration
of all persons carrying on the business of a cowkeeper, dairyman,
or purveyor of milk, and to revise the same from time to time.
The Metropolitan Board of Works being the Local Authority
for the Metropolis, except the City of London, issued advertisements
requiring these persons to give notice to them during the
month of March, so as to be placed on the register. These
regulations do not take away the authority of this Board or its
officers, as the powers conferred under the Metropolis Local
Management Act Amendment are not repealed by the statute.
The order also empowers the Local Authorities, in addition to
supervising the cowsheds, to issue regulations forbidding the
admixture of milk from diseased cows with other milk; for
preventing persons suffering, or who have recently suffered from
an infectious disease, assisting in any way in the conduct of any
of the above-named trades; and also makes it unlawful to use a