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(g.) The entire ground-space of every such cowshed
(including the stalls), and also of every such dairy,
shall also whenever so required by the Inspector
be thoroughly washed over and cleansed with
water.

(h.) Every such cowshed and dairy shall be well and
properly drained, to the satisfaction of the In-
spector.

No such dairy shall drain into any cesspool
into which any offensive matter from any other
building shall be discharged, or directly into any
sewer.

(i.) All dairy premises shall be supplied, to the satisfac-
tion of the Inspector, by means of pipes or
otherwise, with a supply of clear and pure water,
sufficient for all purposes of watering the cattle
stalled or milked there, for cleansing the milk-
vessels as prescribed in these Regulations, and
for all other reasonable and necessary purposes.

(j.) If the Inspector shall at any time consider that the
water of any well or coming from any other source
in or upon any dairy premises or used therein,
or that the food supplied to the cattle in or upon
any dairy premises, is unfit for use, he may, by
notice in writing to that effect, signed by him,
call upon the dairyman to fence up or close
such well or other source and all means of
access to the same, or to abstain from using
any water coming therefrom in or upon such
dairy premises for all or any of the purposes
connected therewith, and also to abstain from
using such food. Such notice shall be in the
Form E in the Schedule hereto.

(k.) Immediately on the receipt of such notice, the
dairyman shall proceed to comply with the
requisitions thereof, and during the continuance
of the same it shall be unlawful for him to
act in contravention thereof.

28. (a.) It shall not be lawful for any person following
    the trade of milk-vendor to occupy as a milk-
    shop or store any building except in conformity
    with the provisions of this regulation.

(b.) Every such milk-shop or store shall be lighted, venti-
lated, and cleansed to the satisfaction of the
Inspector.

(c.) The floor and all internal fittings of every such milk-
shop and milk-store shall be thoroughly swept or
dusted and cleaned at least once in every twenty-
four hours, and shall also be thoroughly scoured
and cleansed with hot water at least once in
every week.

(d.) No person shall have, sell, keep, whether for sale
or otherwise, or permit to remain within any
such milk-shop or milk-store any articles or class
of articles of a character likely to endanger the
purity of the milk there, or the sale or keeping
therein of which may have been prohibited by
the Inspector by notice in writing.

29. (a.) All vessels whatsoever used in or about any dairy,
    cowshed, milk-shop or store, and whether for re-
    ceiving or storing or in the distribution of milk,
    shall be thoroughly cleansed in manner herein-
    after mentioned.

(b.) Every such vessel shall, within four hours after it
shall have been used for any purpose whatsoever,
be rinsed out with cold water, then thoroughly
scalded with hot water and scoured, and then
again rinsed out with cold water and carefully
dried; and again before being used be tho-
oughly rinsed out with cold water and care-
fully dried.

30. (a.) No dairyman shall take milk from any cow whose
    milk is intended to be sold or used for human
    food, nor permit any such milk to be so taken,
    until the udder and teats of such cow have been
    thoroughly cleansed with water and carefully
    dried.

(b.) Every dairyman shall provide and keep in a con-
venient place proper cloths and other materials
for effecting such cleansing, and shall, upon de-
mand, produce such cloths and materials to any
Inspector.

31. Every dairyman and milk-vendor shall provide in,
    upon, or about his dairy premises, milk-shop, or store, and
    shall upon demand show to the Inspector, sufficient facilities
    for boiling the water required for all the purposes mentioned
    in these regulations.

32. All milk supplied for human food shall once at
    least be carefully strained through some apparatus sufficient
    for that purpose.

Miscellaneous.

33. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of dairyman or milk-vendor—

(a.) To allow any person suffering from a dangerous
infectious disorder, or having recently been in
contact with a person so suffering, to milk cows,
or to handle vessels used for containing milk for
sale, or in any way to take part or assist in the
conduct of the trade or business of the dairy-
man or milk-vendor, so far as regards the pro-
duction, distribution, or storage of milk; or

(b.) If himself so suffering, or having recently been in
contact as aforesaid, to milk cows or handle
vessels used for containing milk for sale, or in
any way to take part in the conduct of his
trade or business so far as regards the produc-
tion, distribution, or storage of milk, until in
each case all danger therefrom of the communi-
cation of infection to the milk or of its contamina-
tion has ceased.

34. If in any case any dairyman or milk-vendor, or any
    member of his family, or any person living on or employed
    about any dairy premises, shall be attacked by or suffering
    from any illness or disease, the said dairyman or milk-vendor
    shall forthwith notify to the Clerk the fact that such person
    or persons is or are suffering from such [specifying what]
    illness or disease. If this regulation shall not be complied
    with, then an offence shall be deemed to have been com-
    mitted by such dairyman or milkman, and repeated on each
    and every day during which his business shall have been
    carried on knowingly without such notification.

35. The Local Board or the Inspector shall, upon receipt
    of such notice, or upon being otherwise informed of the
    existence of any contagious or infectious disease, take such
    steps as may be deemed necessary to be taken for the pre-
    vention of injury to the public health, and in particular the
    Inspector, if he consider it advisable and necessary, shall
    certify that the sale of milk from such dairy premises is
    likely to prove injurious to public health. His certificate
    shall be in the Form F. A copy thereof shall be served
    upon the dairyman or milk-vendor, and thereupon the con-
    sequences mentioned in Regulation 15 hereof shall have
    full effect.

36. If at any time it shall be made to appear to the Local
    Board or the Inspector that the danger to the public health
    has ceased to exist, such certificate shall be cancelled, and
    the Inspector shall immediately thereupon transmit to the
    said dairyman or milk-vendor a notice in Form D, signed by
    him.

37. No dairyman or milk-vendor shall purchase, supply for
    sale to others, sell, or expose in or about any dairy premises,
    milk-shop or store, for sale, or mix with milk produced for
    sale on any dairy premises occupied by him, any milk from
    any cow which shall be or be suspected to be diseased or in
    an unhealthy condition, or which shall at the date of giving
    such milk be in season, or which shall have calved less than
    four clear days prior to such date.

38. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or milk-vendor to use any milk-store or
    shop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used, as a
    sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatible with
    the proper preservation of the cleanliness of the milk-store
    or shop, and of the milk-vessels and milk therein, or in any
    manner likely to cause contamination of the milk therein.

39. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or milk-vendor to keep or permit to
    remain any swine in any cowshed, dairy, milk-shop or
    store, or within a distance of 60ft. from any part thereof.

40. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or milk-vendor to erect, construct, or
    permit to remain any dungstead, dungheap, latrine, urinal,
    water-closet, earth-closet, cesspit, or cesspool in or about or
    within a distance of 30ft. from any part of any cowshed,
    dairy, milk-shop or store. Nor shall it be lawful for
    such person to construct or permit to remain any open drain,
    except as herein mentioned, or gully or other drain-trap, in
    or about any such cowshed, dairy, milk-shop or store.

41. (1.) No milk-cart, milk-van, or other vehicle used for
    or in connection with the transport, carrying, or distribution
    of milk from or about dairy premises shall be used for the
    purpose of carrying any manure, excrement, or filth, pigs'
    wash, pigs' food, or other animal or decaying vegetable
    matter, or (except in accordance with this regulation) for
    the purpose of carrying brewers' grains; and in case any
    such cart shall be so used contrary to these regulations, the
    owner of such dairy premises and also the owner of such
    cart shall be guilty of an offence for each occasion on which
    such cart shall be so used.

(2.) If any such milk-cart, milk-van, or vehicle shall
have been used for the purpose of carrying any such brewers'
grains, it shall, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter,
be thoroughly washed and cleansed within and without, and
thereafter left exposed to the air for six hours before being
used for or in connection with the transport, carrying, or dis-
tribution of milk as aforesaid.

42. No dairyman or milk-vendor shall purchase, supply for
    sale to others, sell, or expose in or about any dairy premises,