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 Hackney]
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Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, S. 5.
The Public Health Committee have decided that the following
conditions must be complied with by applicants for registration
under the above Acts:—
(1) The lighting and ventilation must be maintained in a
satisfactory condition.
(2) No room which is used as a sleeping room must
cate directly with the room or shop in which the milk
is sold or stored.
(3) The premises must be so constructed that every part of the
interior is capable of being maintained in a satisfactory
state of cleanliness.
(4) There must be no inlet to any drain in the room or place
in which milk is sold or stored.
(5) Milk must be stored in suitable receptacles with close-
fitting covers of suitable material.
(G) Efficient means of cleansing the milk vessels, either by
steam or hot water must be available.
(7) A plentiful supply of water must be provided, and where
a storage cistern is necessary such cistern must be
properly covered and ventilated and so placed as to he
readily accessible.
(8) No premises will be registered where it is possible that
milk may be stored in close proximity to any article
capable of contaminating such milk, as for instance,
paraffin, coal, vegetables, vinegar and pickles (except
when stored in unopened bottles), fish, etc., and no
such articles must be sold from the premises.