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to time the homes are disinfected as far as possible.
I suggest that the buildings that formed the old
Isolation Hospital be made use of by the Joint
Isolation Hospital Committee, as a sanatorium for
the treatment of early cases of consumption.
Milk supply.—The conditions governing the milk
supply of the district are unchanged, and so far as can be
at present ascertained it may be inferred that the supply
is reasonably free from disease producing germs. It
should be borne in mind, however, that only a very small
proportion of the milk consumed in the district is
produced within the district, under conditions over which
the Sanitary authority, through their officers, can
exercise control. The bulk of the milk supply is
imported from outside areas, and is produced under
conditions of which the Sanitary Authority have no
official cognisance, and in regard to which they have no
powers, either as regards inspection or supervision.
Under these circumstances it is impossible to pronounce
definitely on the purity of the supply.
There are five dairy farms within the Council's
area, comprising in all about 120 cows, from which an
average quantity of 183 gallons per day is being
distributed. This is probably not more than one-sixth
the quantity consumed in the district.
The Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops have been