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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Metropolitan Board of Works.
41 and 42 Vict., Ch. 74, and the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milk-
shops Order of 1885.
REGULATIONS AS TO MILK-STORES AND MILK-SHOPS.
Abstract of the provisions relating to Milk-stores and
Milk-shops, contained in the Dairies, Cowsheds, and
Milk-shops Order of 1885.
Registration.
1. Sec. 6. 0. in C.—Every purveyor of milk, carrying on his
trade in the Metropolis (except the City of London) must be registered
as such by the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Application for registration must be upon the form provided for the
purpose, to be obtained at the Board's Office, Spring Gardens, Charing
Cross, S. W.
Contamination of Milk.
2. Sec. 9. 0. in C.—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, Purveyor of milk, or occupier of the Milkstore
or Milk-shop, so far as regards the production, distribution or
storage of milk; or—(b) 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 to take part in the conduct of
his trade or business, so 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.
3. Sec. 10. 0. in C.—It shall not be lawful for any person
following the trade of Cowkeeper or Dairyman or Purveyor of milk,