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Society of Medical Officers of Health, was issued by
the Sanitary Committee; and an intimation was given
to all owners of cow sheds that unless these regulations
were obeyed, the licences would be opposed by the
Vestry at the Annual Licensing Sessions in 1879.
REGULATIONS FOR COW SHEDS AND DAIRIES.
1. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause it, and the adjoining
yard, to be well paved with asphalte, iron-stone bricks, or flag-stones, set
in cement, on a bed of concrete, and laid with a proper slope and channel
towards a gulley, which shall be situated outside the shed, and which
shall be properly trapped and connected with the public sewer by an
adequate drain of glazed pipes.
Note.—The paving in the stalls need only extend three feet forward
from the heel board.
2. Every cow shed shall be properly lighted and ventilated by louvred
sky or side lights.
3. That a sufficient supply of water shall be provided for cleansing the
sheds, and for the use of the cows. The water to be obtained from a
Water Company and not from a pump. Should a cistern be considered
necessary by the occupier, it shall be a properly constructed receptacle,
placed outside the cow shed, made of impervious material, closely covered,
and 'provided with an overflow or warning pipe unconnected with any
drain; the receptacle to be so placed that the bottom thereof shall not be
less than six feet above the floor level.
4. Every person occupying a cow shed shall provide a proper place for
the storage of fodder, and, if brewer's grains be used as food, a covered
receptacle made of impervious material for the storage of the grains shall
be provided, such receptacle to be situated outside the cow shed, to be
properly drained, and to be subdivided into two parts by a partition, so
that each part may be thoroughly cleansed in turn, and be kept free from
any offensive smell.
5. Every person occupying a cow shed shall provide a proper covered
place or receptacle outside the shed for the reception of dung or other
refuse ; the bottom thereof to be constructed of flag-stones or cement laid
on concrete, and the sides to be constructed of flag-stones, or brick lined
with cement.