Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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(6.) 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.
Construction and Water Supply of New Dairies and Cowsheds.
7.—(1.) It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade
of cowkeeper or dairyman to begin to occupy as a dairy or cowshed
any building not so occupied at the commencement of this Order,
unless and until he first makes provision, to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Local Authority, for the lighting and the ventilation, including
air-space, and the cleansing, drainage, and water supply of the same,
while occupied as a dairy or cowshed.
(2.) It shall not be lawful for any such person to begin so to
occupy any such building without first giving one month's notice in
writing to the Local Authority of his intention so to do.
Sanitary State of all Dairies and Cowsheds.
8. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of
cowkeeper or dairyman to occupy as a dairy or cowshed any building,
whether so occupied at the commencement of this Order or not, if, and
as long as, the lighting and the ventilation, including air-space, and
the cleansing, drainage, and water supply thereof, are not such as are
necessary or proper—
(a) for the health and good condition of the cattle therein; and
(b) for the cleanliness of milk-vessels used therein for containing
milk for sale; and
(c) for the protection of the milk therein against infection or contamination.
Contamination of Milk.
9. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of
cowkeeper or dairyman or purveyor of milk, or being the occupier of
a milk-store or milk-shop—
(a) To allow any person suffering from a dangerous infectious
disorder, or having recently been in contact with a person so
suffering) to milk cows or to handle vessels 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,