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shall be of a capacity equal to twelve gallons of water for each cow lawfully kept;
it shall have no communication with any water-closet or drain by means of a wastepipe
; and it shall be supplied with good and wholesome water, which, if practicable,
shall be procured by the occupier from a public water company.
9.—Each stall or standing-place for cows in every Cowshed shall be provided with
a water-trough or receptacle, constructed of or lined with hard, smooth, and
impervious material, and each such trough or receptacle shall be supplied with water
by means of a pipe communicating with a water tank, or in the case of a constant
water supply, with the Water Company's pipes, and each such trough or receptacle
shall also be provided with a waste-pipe or waste-hole in the lowest part thereof.
Dairies.
10.—Every Dairy shall be sufficiently lighted, and shall be thoroughly ventilated
by louvred ventilators or openings in the walls or roof.
11.—Every Dairy shall be well paved with flagstones, concrete, or other suitable
material, properly set in cement, and the inner walls thereof shall be covered with
hard, smooth, and impervious material to a height of at least 6 feet.
12.—The floor of every Dairy shall fall or slope whenever practicable towards an
opening in the walls thereof, leading to a gully-hole outside such Dairy; and such
gully-hole shall be properly trapped.
13.—Every Dairy shall be provided with an adequate supply of water, and, where
there is not a constant supply, with a slate, metal, or metallic-lined tank, properly
covered and provided with an overflow or warning pipe, and with piping for conveying
the water to the Dairy. The tank shall have no communication with any
water-closet or drain by means of a waste-pipe, and shall be supplied with good and
wholesome water, which, if practicable, shall be procured by the occupier from a
public water company.
REGULATIONS AS TO THE CLEANSING OF DAIRIES, COWSHEDS,
AND MILKSHOPS.
In pursuance of Section 7 of "The Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of
July, 1879," the Metropolitan Board of Works, being the Local Authority for
carrying the provisions of such Order into effect within the Metropolis (except the
City of London and the liberties thereof), hereby make the following regulations for
prescribing and regulating the cleansing of Dairies and Cowsheds in the occupation
of persons following the trade of cowkeeper or dairyman, and the cleansing of
Millcstores, Milkshops, and Milk-vessels used for containing milk for sale by such
persons.
Regulations as to Cleansing of Cowsheds.
1.—Every Cowshed, and all troughs or utensils used for supplying the cows with
food and water, shall be thoroughly cleansed with water at least once every day.
2.—The upper parts of the inner surface of the walls of every Cowshed shall be
thoroughly cleansed and lime washed in the months of April and October, and
oftener if necessary.
3.—All dung and offensive litter shall be carefully swept up and removed from
every Cowshed at least twice every day.
4.—No dung, grains, or other substance from which effluvia is liable to be given
off, shall be kept in any Cowshed; nor shall any dung, grains, or other substance as
aforesaid be so kept that any effluvia therefrom can enter any Cowshed.