of any particular cow kept therein, he shall report thereon to the 

 sanitary authority, and to the local Government Board, and his 

 report shall be accompanied by any report furnished to him by 

 the veterinary inspector or veterinary surgeon, and the medical 

 officer of health, if he considers the case to be one of urgency 

 on account of the spread or suspected spread of infectious disease, 

 may, pending the decision of the sanitary authority; 



a) agree on behalf of the sanitary authority with the dairyman 

 that the dairyman shall, on such terms and to such extent and 

 subject to such conditions as may be agreed, stop the supply and 

 use of milk from his dairy or from any particular cow kept the- 

 rein; or 



fi) make an interim order prohibiting the supply for human 

 consumption or the use, or supply, for use, in the manufacture of 

 products for human consumption, of milk from the dairy or from 

 any particular cow kept therein, until the expiration of such time, 

 not exceeding ten days, as may be specified in the order, either 

 absolutely or unless such conditions as may be prescribed in the 

 order are complied with. 



n) If any order is made under this section either by the me- 

 dical officer of health or by the sanitary authority without due 

 cause, or if the sanitary authority or medical officer of health un- 

 reasonably refuse to withdraw any such order, the dairyman shall, 

 if not himself in default, be entitled to recover from the sanitary 

 authority full compensation for any damage which he has sustained 

 by reason of the making of the order, or of the refusal to with- 

 draw the order, and in the case of an appeal the Board to whom 

 the appeal is made may determine and state whether an order the 

 subject of appeal has been made without due cause, and whether 

 the withdrawal of the order has been unreasonably refused, and 

 whether the dairyman has been in default. 



9. (i) The sanitary authority of any district (other than a 

 rural district) with a population of fifty thousand or upwards may, 

 subject to regulations under this section, establish and thereafter 

 maintain depots for the sale of milk specially prepared for con- 

 sumption by infants under two years of age, and purchase and 

 prepare milk and provide such laboratories, plant, and other things, 

 and exercise and perform such other powers and duties, as may 

 be necessary for the purposes of this section. 



Ihis provision shall extend to any district (other than a rural 

 district) with a population of less than fifty thousand, but not less 



