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closets repaired or new provided, removals of stoppages from
drains, etc.
A number of these houses are occupied by a class of
tenant whose habits are of a most neglectful character, and
almost constant visits to the property are therefore necessary.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.—During the year nine
applications were received for registration as Dairymen and
Purveyors of Milk under the provisions of the Dairies, Cowsheds
and Milkshops Order of 1885, which stipulates that all
persons carrying on such trades shall be registered by the
Local Authority. Two of these, however, were withdrawn
on the applicants being informed that the premises they proposed
using had been inspected and found unsuitable and
incompatible with the proper carrying on of the business'
There were two changes of occupation, and two premises
became closed owing to the holders of the Registration Certificates
giving up business. Allowing for these alterations
the total number of persons on the register at the close of the
year was: Cowkeepers, 2; Dairymen and Purveyors, 50; Purveyors,
15.
These have all been repeatedly visited and the premises
inspected at irregular intervals, and the Regulations and
Orders controlling them rigidly enforced. Particular attention
has been paid to the method of covering the vessels containing
milk, the cleansing of utensils, the prevention of
offensive or deleterious commodities being stored near the
milk, ventilation and cleanliness and the proper conduct of the
trade generally. In several instances the attention of the
occupiers was called to the existence of insanitary defects, and
the need for cleansing and covering of cisterns, repairing or
yard paving, cleansing of water closets, etc., and frequently
suggestions were made whereby improvements were effected
which could not otherwise be obtained or enforced by the
Orders and Regulations governing the trade.
Detailed enquiries have also been made as to the actual
source of each supply with a view to having the information
immediately at hand, which would prove invaluable in the
event of an outbreak of infectious disease.
infectious Diseases and Disinfection.-Following the
usual course enquiries have been made into 479 cases of infectious
disease, including Phthisis, and the detailed information
handed to the Medical Officer of Health, special attention
being made to the various aspects of the cases specified by
him.
A considerable number of enquiries have been made, as
occasion has demanded, into suspicious cases of Scarlet Fever,
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