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demnation. The inspector subsequently carries this form with him 
for a reasonable time, so that if he finds anywhere a cow that seems 
to resemble a cow that he has condemned he can confirm or allay 
his suspicions. 
Each inspector of dairy farms files with the health officer, daily, 
a report of his operations for the preceding day. In addition to this 
he keeps his own record of outstanding notices and as soon as prac- 
ticable after the expiration of the time allowed for the correction 
of objectionable conditions, he visits the premises to see whether the 
notice has or has not been complied with. If it has been, the inspec- 
tor makes report accordingly. If it has not, he takes action to en- 
force compliance. He may immediately serve a notice requiring the 
licensee to show cause, satisfactory to the health officer, why his per- 
mit should not be canceled. Or he may recommend that a letter of 
that purport be Written by the health officer.® Or, if the farm be 
located in the District, he may recommend immediate prosecution in 
the police court, and with the approval, of the health officer he may 
institute such prosecution. If a licensee has been notified to show 
cause why his permit should not be canceled, and has failed to do so, 
or has shown no sufficient cause, then the health officer cancels the 
permit and notifies the licensee and his consignee or retailer, if he 
have one, that such action has been taken. If thereafter the milk 
from that farm is brought into the District the person at whose in- 
stance it is brought is prosecuted in the police court. 
INSPECTION OF DAIRIES. 
Two inspectors are available for the inspection of dairies — that is, 
of places where milk is sold within the District of Columbia — and for 
the collection of samples of milk. The number of licensed dairies 
within the District, independent of those located on dairy farms, is 
77. The number of places where milk is sold as a rqere incident to 
some other more general business, which places must be regarded as 
dairies only for purpose of inspection and not for purpose of licens- 
ing, * 6 is considerable, probably as many as 1,500. The exact number, 
however, is not known, as such places are registered only as grocery 
stores, lunch rooms, and so on, and not as milk shops. They begin 
the sale of milk at the pleasure of the proprietor, discontinue it when 
he is ready, and resume the business at will; and the health officer 
knows nothing of it. Many of the latter class of places, however, be- 
ing grocery stores, come not only under the occasional observation of 
the inspector of dairies, but also under the more frequent observation 
0 For copy of form see page 727. 
6 See page 694. 
