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LICENSES FOll LONDON COW-HOUSES. 
painted by that excellent artist, Mr. Sharp, to be preserved 
at the original Vaccine Pock Institution. 
George Pearson,') 
L. Niehll, \ Physicians. 
Thomas Nelson, ) 
F. 
Wheate, 
Foster, 
j- Consulting Surgeons. 
Joseph Constantine Carpen, 
J. Doralt, 
] Surg 
i;eons. 
Fra. Rivers, } 
Everard A. Brande, [• Visiting Apothecaries. 
Philip de Bruyn, ) 
J. Heaviside, 
T. Payne, 
Treasurers. 
Facts and Observations. 
LICENSES FOR LONDON COW-HOUSES. 
At the present time courts of Petty Session are holden in 
various parts of London for the purpose of licensing cow¬ 
houses. The Sanitary Committee of the Vestry of St. 
George, Hanover-square, laid before the magistrates the 
following conditions, on which alone such licenses should 
be granted; these were signed by every applicant. Con¬ 
sidering that the number of the cows is now under con¬ 
trol, and the removal of refuse likewise, there ought to be 
no further complaints, if the officers of the vestries do their 
duty. 
“ 1st.—With regard to new applications for buildings not 
heretofore used for the purpose, they recommend the justices 
(by whom the license is granted)—That no shed containing 
two rows of cows shall be less than 25 ft. in width. That no 
cow-shed shall have any dwellings or workshops over it, but 
that it shall be open to the roof, which shall be covered with 
tiles, loosely set. That the stalls for two cows shall not be 
less than 7 ft. 4 in. in width, and 8 ft. in depth; that each 
shall have a raised platform, with a gutter or channel properly 
sloped, on each side and behind. That the shed shall be 
