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good Lrick-built accommodation for storing .their milk, a
plentiful supply of hot and cold water for washing milk cans
and other utensils, and good drainage from impervious floors.
The others are either small shops where the milk is sold
among other things over the counter in small quantities, and
have no milk round, or are men with a small round who
have been established some years, do all the work themselves,
and keep their premises and cans in a cleanly condition.
On two occasions during the past year, men who started
a milk round without having given the Council proper notice
of their intention to do so, or making any suitable provision
for carrying on their business, ceased to sell milk when they
were informed that the Council intended to take action to
compel them to provide suitable accommodation.
In a new neighbourhood like this, by making free use
of the "Milkshops and Dairies Order," it is easy to prevent
new dairymen from starting selling milk, unless they provide
suitable accommodation for storing their milk, and for
for keeping their vessels and milk cans clean.
The small general shops that sell about a gallon per day
over the counter, are the most difficult to deal with. The
milk is generally kept in an open vessel oh the counter,
surrounded by all kinds of goods, such as bacon, firewood,
blacking, oil lamps, &c., &c.
Under these conditions, in summer-time especially, with
flies dropping in and out of the milk on to the various other
articles in the shop, one may imagine what condition the
milk gets into after a few hours. Fortunately the quantity
kept under these conditions is small, and also, too, that most
of this milk is consumed by adults, in their tea, cocoa, &c