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In each case the Sanitary Committee called the
owner's attention to this fact and demanded that
the cows be kept in a more cleanly condition.
Two applications for registration as purveyors of
milk have been made during the year. In each
case the premises were inspected and found to be
satisfactory, and the applications were granted.
One business has been discontinued and struck
off the register, and one business has been
transferred.
I found it necessary to report to the Sanitary
Committee that the supply of water to one cowshed
was unsatisfactory and insufficient, being drawn
from a surface well sunk in an arable field and
situate in close proximity to a stream polluted with
sewage.
A sample of the water drawn from the well was,
by order of the Sanitary Committee, submitted to an
analyst, who reported that the water was totallyunfit
for drinking purposes.
Notice under the Regulations dealing with
Cow-sheds was immediately served upon the occupier
to close the well and provide the shed with a
sufficient supply of water from an uncontaminated
source.
The well was at once closed and a satisfactory
water supply is at the present time being laid on to the
sheds. In the meantime water drawn from the
town's mains is conveyed for use in the shed in a
properly constructed water cart.
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