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6. No person occupying a cow shed shall allow any water-closet, privy,
cesspool, or urinal, to he within, or to communicate directly with such
cow shed.
7. No person occupying a cow shed shall allow any inhabited room, or
workshop, to be situated over it on any pretext whatever.
8. Every person occupying a cow shed shall cause the inner walls, and
every part of the premises, to be kept thoroughly clean and in good order
and repair at all times; and shall cause the inner surface of the roof, and
of the upper portions of the walls to be thoroughly washed with quicklime
at least once in every quarter, viz., in the months of January, April,
July, and October, and the wood work of the stalls at least once in every
four weeks.
9. That the dung shall be swept up and removed from the sheds at
least twice a day, and be carried away at least three times a week, before
eight o'clock in the morning. The yard adjoining the shed shall also be
properly cleansed at least once every day.
10. That every new cow shed built and occupied after January 1st,
1879, shall be a detached building, situated at least 20 feet from an
inhabited house, provided with a trough manger, constructed of some hard
impervious material, and sufficiently sloped to allow it to be readily
cleansed by flushing.
11. That in every shed built and occupied before January 1st, 1879,
there shall be at least 500 cubic feet of air for each cow, and in every shed
built after that date at least 800 cubic feet of air for each cow kept in
such shed. Any height in excess of 16 feet shall not be taken into
account in calculating the cubic space.
12. No person occupying a shed or dairy 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.
13. Every person occupying 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.