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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or being the occupier of a Milk-store or Milk-shop, after the receipt
of notice of not less than one month from the Local Authority, calling
attention to the provisions of this Article, to permit any water-closet,
earth-closet, privy, cesspool, or urinal to be within, communicate
directly with, or ventilate into, any Dairy or any room used as a
Milk-store or Milk-shop.
4. Sec. 11. 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 to use a Milk-store
or Milk-shop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used as a
sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatible with the proper
preservation of the cleanliness of the Milk-store or Milk-shop, and of
the milk-vessels and milk therein, or in any manner likely to cause
contamination of the milk therein.
5. Sec. 12. 0. in C.—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 Milk-store or other place used by him for
keeping milk for sale.
Milk of Diseased Cows.
6. If at any time disease exists among cattle, the milk of a
diseased cow—
(a) shall not be mixed with other milk; and
(b) shall not be sold or used for human food; and
(c) shall not be sold or used for food of swine, or other animals,
unless and until it has been boiled.
Regulations for securing the cleanliness of Milk-stores,
Milk-shops, and Milk-vessels used for containing
Milk for Sale by persons following the trade of
Cowkeepers or Dairymen in the Metropolis, made
by th3 Metropolitan Board of Works, in pursuance
(Section 13) of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops
Order of 1885.
1. Cleansing.—Every Milk-store. and Milk-shop, as well as all
fixtures and tables therein, used in connection with the keeping or
sale of milk, shall at all times be kept in a cleanly condition.