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17. Every person occupying a cow shed shall give twenty-four hours' notice to the
local sanitary authority of his intention to remove from the shed any cow for
the purpose of being slaughtered for the food of man.
18. No person occupying a cow shed shall allow any person suffering from an infectious
disease, or living in a house where such disease exists, to enter the cow
shed or dairy, or in any way to assist in the conduct of the business, during
the continuance of such disease, or until all danger of the spread of infection
shall have ceased, and every infected room and article shall have been disinfected
to the satisfaction of the medical officer of health of the district.
The occupier shall give immediate notice in writing to the medical officer of
health of the district of the existence of any such infectious disease.
19. Every person occupying a cow shed or a dairy shall provide for use therein a
sufficient number of receptacles made of non-absorbent materials for the
reception, storage, and delivery of milk, and shall cause them to be at all times
kept thoroughly cleansed and purified; and shall cause all milk to be removed
without delay from the cow shed, and shall not add to milk any substance for
the purpose of altering its colour.
20. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause all the cows therein to be curried
and cleansed every day, and to be well fed on sound, sweet, and wholesome
food, and to be provided with good water at all necessary times. Distiller's
wash shall not be used as food for the cows.
21. Every occupier of a cow shed or a dairy shall allow any member of the local
sanitary authority, in addition to all other persons lawfully entitled to admission,
to have free access to every part of the business premises at all reasonable
hours.
22. Penalty Clause. (N.B.— The penalty for selling the milk of diseased cows
should be heavy, even to the extent of giving magistrates the power of
imprisonment.)
CLASS II.
Regulations for New Cow Sheds and Dairies.
23. Every new cow shed shall be a detached building, situate in its own yard, and
not within 20 feet of any inhabited building, and shall be provided with a
paved passage behind the manger at least three feet in width.
24. Every new cow shed shall be provided with a quarantine shed, effectually
separated from the cow shed, for the reception of cows newly brought on the
premises ; and such cows shall be kept in quarantine for a period of twentyone
days before removing them into the cow shed.
25. Every occupier of a cow shed shall provide a shed to be called the "Infirmary,"
which shall be effectually separated from the cow shed, for the reception of
cows suffering from contagious disease, and such cows shall be placed and
kept therein until recovery, removal, or death takes place.