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1. Notice of Outbreak of Disease.—Every Purveyor of milk,
or person selling milk by retail, shall immediately on any outbreak of
infectious or contagious disease within the building or upon the
premises in which he keeps milk, or amongst the persons employed in
his business, give notice of such outbreak to the Board at their Office
in Spring Gardens,
2. Milk in Infected Building.—Every Purveyor of milk, or
person selling milk by retail, shall immediately on such outbreak
coming to his knowledge, remove all milk for sale, and all utensils
for containing milk for sale from such building; and shall cease to
keep milk for sale or to sell milk in such building until the same has
been disinfected and declared by the Medical Officer of Health for the
district to be free from infection.
3. Offensive Effluvia.—Every Purveyor of milk, or person
selling milk by retail, shall not keep milk for sale in any place where
it would be liable to become infected or contaminated by gases or
effluvia arising from any sewers, drains, gullies, cesspools, or closets,
or by any offensive effluvia from putrid or offensive substances, or by
impure air, or by any offensive or deleterious gases or substances.
4. Receptacles.—Every Purveyor of milk, or person selling milk
by retail, shall only keep milk for sale in clean receptacles; and all
utensils used in connection with the keeping or sale of such milk shall
be at all times kept clean.
5. General.—Every Purveyor of milk, or person selling milk by
retail, shall at all times employ such means, and adopt such precautions,
as may be necessary for preserving the purity of milk, and for
protecting it against infection or contamination.
By Order,
J. E. WAKEFIELD,
Clerk of the Board.
Dated this Third day of July, 1885, at the Office of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, Spring Gardens, Charing Cross.
NOTE.—Sections 60 and 61 of the 41st and 42nd
Victoria, Ch. 74, provide that any person who does
anything in contravention of an Order in Council or
of a Regulation of a Local Authority is guilty of an
offence against the Act, and is liable to a Penalty
not exceeding Twenty Pounds.