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Bethnal Green 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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used for containing milk for sale, or in any way to take part or assist in the conduct
of the trade or business of the cowkeeper, or dairyman, purveyor of milk, or
occupier of a Milkstore, or Milkshop, as far as regards the production, distribution,
or storage of milk, or—
(2.) If himself so suffering or having recently been in contact as aforesaid, to milk
cows, or handle vessels used for containing milk for sale, or in any way take part
in the conduct of his trade or business, as far as regards the production, distribution,
or storage of milk—until in each case all danger therefrom of the communication
of infection to the milk or of its contamination has ceased.
10.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of cowkeeper or
dairyman, or purveyor of milk, or befng the occupier of a Milkstore or Milkshop,
to use a Milkstore or Milkshop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used,
for any purpose incompatible with the proper preservation of the cleanliness of the
Milkstore or Milkshop, and of the milk-vessels and milk therein, or in any manner
likely to cause contamination of the milk therein.
Keeping of Swine.
11.—It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of cowkeeper or
dairyman or purveyor of milk to keep any swine in any Cowshed or other building
used by him for keeping cows, or in any Milkstore or other place used by him for
keeping milk for sale.
Registration of Dairymen and others.
12.—(I.) Every Local Authority shall keep a register of persons from time to
time carrying on in the district of the Local Authority the trade of cowkeepers,
dairymen, or purveyors of milk, and shall from time to time revise and correct the
register.
(2.) The Local Authority shall from time to time give public notice by advertisement
in a newspaper circulating in their district, and, if they think fit, by placards,
hand bills, or otherwise, of registration being required, and of the mode of registration.
(3.) It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on in the district of any Local
Authority the trade of cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of milk unless he is registered
as such therein.
(4.) A person who carries on the trade of cowkeeper or dairyman for the purpose
only of making and selling butter or cheese, or both, and who does not carry on the
trade of purveyor of milk, shall not, for the purposes of registration, be deemed to
be a person carrying on the trade of cowkeeper or dairyman, and need not be
registered.
(5.) A person who sells milk of his own cows in small quantities to his workmen
or neighbours, for their accommodation, shall not, for the purposes of registration,
be deemed, by reason only of such selling, to be a person carrying on the trade of
cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of milk, and need not, by reason thereof, be
registered.
Acts of Local Authorities.
13.—(1.) All orders and regulations made by a local Authority under The Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1879, and in force at the making of this Order,
shall, as far as the same are not varied by or inconsistent with this Order, remain
in force until altered or revoked by the Local Authority.
(2.) Forms of registers and other forms which have been before the making of
this Older prepared for use by a Local Authority under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and
Milkshops Order of 1879 may be used, as far as they are suitable, for the purposes
of this Order.