304 MILK AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH chap. 



MODEL REGULATIONS: DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, 

 AND MILKSHOPSi 



Regulations made by the ^ 



with respect to Dairies, Cowsheds, and jMilkshops in 

 the 3 



Interpretation 



1. Throughout these regulations the expression "the Council" 

 means the - 



the expression " the District " means the ^ 



the expression " Cowshed " includes any dairy in which milking 

 cows may be kept, and the expression " Cowkeeper " means any 

 person following the trade of a cowkeeper or dairyman who is, or 

 is required to be, registered under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and 

 Milkshops Order of 1885. 



For the Inspection of Cattle in Dairies 



2. Every occupier of a dairy wherein any cattle may be kept, 

 and which the Medical Officer of Health, or the Inspector of 

 Nuisances, or any other officer of the Council specially authorised 

 by them in that behalf, may visit for the purpose of inspecting 

 cattle, and every person for the time being having the care or 

 control of any such dairy, or of any cattle therein, shall afford such 

 Medical Officer of Health, Inspector of Nuisances, or officer, all 

 reasonable assistance that may, for the purpose of the inspection, 

 be required by him. 



For Prescribing and Regulating the Lighting, Ventilation, 

 Cleansing, Drainage, and Water Supply of Cowsheds 

 AND Dairies in the Occupation of Persons following 

 the Trade of Cowkebpers or Dairymen. 



Part I. 



The regulations in this Part shall apply to cowsheds, the cows 

 from which are habitually grazed on grass land during the greater 



^ An additional regulation, not included in the model, but one which has 

 been adopted in many places with advantage, is to the effect that "Every 

 purveyor of milk or person selling milk by retail shall cause every vessel con- 

 taining milk for sale to be kept properly covered, or to be otherwise sufficiently 

 protected from contamination by dust or flics." 



2 " Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of , acting 



by the Council" or "Urban {or Rural) District Council of ," as the 



case may he. 



'■> "Borough" or "Urban {or Rural) District of ," as the case 



may be. 



