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it cannot be urged that they are necessary to the
community, as it has been shewn that an abundance
of pure and unadulterated milk can be supplied to
London by the aid of the quick transit of railways.
Although it has been urged that London milk is
in no way inferior to country milk, I believe that
it will be found of less value as an article of diet,
and that it is more prone to those putrefactive
changes which renders milk so dangerous an article
of diet during the heat of summer.
The keeping of horses seems to be a matter of
greater necessity than that of cows. Hence the
importance of seeing that they are not kept in such
a manner as to be injurious to the health of those
by whom they are surrounded. There are few
sources of nuisance which are more constantly complained
of than ill-kept and ill-drained stables.
Hence, from the commencement of my duties as
Medical Officer of Health, I -have directed my attention
to the condition of the mews and stables in
the parish. This subject has also been taken up
by the Association of Metropolitan Officers of
Health; and feeling the importance of gaining
accurate information on the number of stables and
horses kept in the Metropolis, they issued a blank
sheet of inquiries, to be filled up by the Sanitary
Inspectors of the various parishes of London. A
set of these Tables has been filled up for this
parish, and I have added them in the Appendix of
the present Report.