244 MILK AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH . n. xv 



supervised than rural, the inspector supervising often has higher 

 sanitary standards, while, in particular, insanitary and unsatis- 

 factory conditions reported to an urban authority are more 

 likely to receive sympathetic consideration, and do in fact receive 

 more attention, than in rural areas where the individuals 

 comprising the controlling authority are intimately interested 

 in the dairy and farming industry. 



The most important structural defects met with are tliose 

 of Mooring, drainage, lighting, ventilation, and cubic space. 



Flooring dcfi-cts are very common in cowsheds. Many rural 



Fii:. 1,'i. — A ciiinilry Cowslind dccujiiert by t'oiii- Cmws ; in tlit; occnpatiuii of a 

 R>'Kisten'd Pmvpyor. 



cowsheds liave no properly constructed floor at all, the co^vs 

 standing and lying upon ordinary earth, water -sodden and 

 manure-saturated, with or without the interposition of some 

 straw or other litter. Only less unsatisfactory is the floor 

 composed of cobble stones with ordinary earth acting as the 

 cement. Occasionally clay Hoors are met with. It is obviously 

 impossible with all such floors to have any proper system of 

 drainage, and usually there is no drainage at all, Ijut some- 

 times they have a channel or grip dug out along tlieir 

 length to serve for tlie conveyance of licj[uid excreta. The 

 more permanent floors are composed of bricks, stone slabs, or 

 cement concrete. As a rule, the bricks used are of the ordinary 



