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Exhumation of Bodies.
In accordance with a letter received from the Under Secretary
of State, Home Office, Whitehall, exhumations were made of the
bodies of nine Australian war workers in the part of Fulham
Cemetery situated within the Borough of Richmond. Your Medical
Officer and Chief Sanitary Inpector supervised the removals, which
were carried out satisfactorily by the Cemetery Superintendent and
the staff.
Schools.
A separate report is issued on School Hygiene by the Medical
Officer of Health, who is also School Medical Officer.
FOOD.
Milk Supply.—There are three registered cowkeepers and 24
dairymen and purveyors of milk r egistered under the Dairies, Cow
sheds and Milkshops Orders within the Borough. The number of
dairy cows kept in cowsheds in the Borough at the end of 1920 was
42. The cowsheds, dairies and miikshops have beer kept under
snpervision during the year and were generally found to be kept in
a satisfactory condition. In a few instances verbal warnings were
ssued to milk sellers as to the necessity of keeping the milk vessels
properly covered to protect the milk from contamination by dust
etc. The quantity of milk used in the district averages 14,620
allons each week. Of this quantity 820 gallons is produced
within the Borough, the remaining 13,800 gallons is imported into
the district by train.
For work done under the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order,
1919, see page 32.