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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS ORDERS.
There are now 23 names on the register. Only 22 of the 23
persons registered are, however, now carrying on business, viz.:—
Fifteen Purveyors of Milk.
Six Cowkeepers.
Two Cowkeepers and Dairymen.
The number of milch cows in the District is 130, an increase
of 20 upon the number last year.
During the year one cow was taken from a herd of dairy cattle
on account of its suspicious appearance of tuberculosis.
Eight persons have been registered during the past year.
During the year bills were posted in various parts of the
district calling the attention of persons interested, to the
requisitions of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders, with
regard to registration, and the penalty if found carrying on these
trades without registration.
The Cowsheds in the district are kept in a very clean condition.
The model regulations are in force in the district and no
difficulty has been experienced in carrying them out.
Additional legislation affecting persons carrying on the milk
trade is provided under Part 4 (infectious diseases) of the Public
Health Act Amendment Act, 1907.
Power is provided to require dair) men to furnish lists of the
sources of their milk supply in certain cases.
And also dairymen are compelled to notify any case of
infectious disease existing among their servants.
THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE.
House refuse is systematically collected once a week from the
rear of all houses throughout the entire district.
During the year, 2671 loads of house refuse have been collected
and destroyed by incineration.
This work is ever on the increase, the district being a rapidly
growing one, each successive week finds a slight increase in the
number of premises to collect from.
Disinfectant powder is carried on all the Dust Carts, for use
if necessary after the refuse receptacles have been emptied of their
contents.