702 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



The next Order issued by the Local Government Board 

 was at the instigation of the Tuberculosis Commission, 

 which asked that all diseases of the udder m.ight be scheduled. 

 In the following Order only Tuberculosis of the Udder is 

 made a ' disease ' for the purpose of the Act : 



The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1899. 

 (The recitals are omitted.) 



Now therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in Us in that 

 behalf, We hereby Order as follows : 



Article 1. — This Order may be cited as ' The Dairies, Cowsheds and 

 Milkshops Order of 1899.' 



Article 2. — Article 15 of the Order shall be altered so that, for the 

 purposes of the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (6) thereof the ex- 

 pressions in the said Article which refer to disease shall include, in the 

 case of a cow, such disease of the udder as shall be certified by a 

 veterinary surgeon to be tubercular ; and the Order and the Amending 

 Order shall apply and be construed with the modifications necessary to 

 give effect to this Article. 



Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government 

 Board, this Seventh day of February, in the year One 

 thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. 



In reviewing these Orders there can be no doubt that if 

 fully exercised, and not rendered merely ' adoptive,' a very 

 great improvement in the milk- supply would result. But, 

 as expressed by the Eoyal Commission on Tuberculosis — 

 which had every possible available evidence and informa- 

 tion at hand — ' from the evidence which we received, the 

 Order would seem in some places to be a dead letter, and 

 in the districts where it is enforced no attempt is made to 

 obtain uniformity of practice.' 



The Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890, is a per- 

 missive measure, adopted by enlightened local authorities. 

 Where it is law Section 4 authorizes the inspection of 

 dairies in certain cases, with power to prohibit the supply 

 of milk. Section 4 runs as follows : 



In case the medical officer of health is in possession of evidence 

 that any person in the- district is suffering from infectious disease 



Digitized by Microsoft® 



