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CUPAR DISTRICT
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
SANITARY CONDITION OF DAIRIES.

In Mr Stewart's District Report, it is stated that there are in Cupar
District 161 dairies. For purposes of comparison these are divided
into classes:-

CLASS 1. - Dairies with over 20 Cows, -- 6
CLASS 2. - Dairies with less than 20 Cows, but over 10 Cows, -- 12
CLASS 3. - Dairies with between 5 and 10 Cows, -- 17
CLASS 4. - Dairies with 5 or fewer Cows, -- 126

In Class 1, four needed alterations to make them conform with the
Regulations. One needed a new byre altogether.
In Class 2, three required limewashing, three repairs to drains, and
one a new byre.
In Class 3, four required limewashing, three repairs to drains, two
required more space, and in one the milkhouse was dirty,
In Class 4, thirty-four required limewashing, seven repairs on
drains, four more space, three better ventilation, two more light, one a
new byre, and in two the milkhouses were dirty,
Out of a total of 161 dairies, 103 were satisfactory, and 58 were
not satisfactory

NUMBER OF COWS AND CUBIC SPACE.

In the District there are 760 milch cows in the 161 Registered
Dairies, and the average cubic space for each cow is 593 cubic feet.
This space is by no means too large, but it meets the requirements of
the Regulation in force.
The dairies in Cupar District are scattered over a wide area, and I
hardly think it is possible for one Inspector to visit all so frequently as
the importance of this part of his duty demands.

ABSTRACT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S PROCEEDINGS.

In the tabular statement it will be seen that the Inspector has
made the large number of 1715 inspections since his appointment in
May, and dealt with 339 nuisances,
In connection with dairies, 243 visits were made, and 74 contra-
ventions of Order or Regulations were dealt with.

ST ANDREWS DISTRICT.
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
SANITARY CONDITION OF DAIRIES.

Mr McLetchie has supplied me with a very valuable report on all
the dairies in this District, and from it I find there are 58 Registered
and 15 Unregistered Dairies, with a total number of 682 cows. I
have arranged an abstract statement in the following table, showing the
different classes of dairies, according to number of cows kept, with

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particulars as to water supply, drainage, and state of premises
generally:-

[table inserted]

It will be seen that in Class I, as was to be expected, the dairies,
as regards water supply and drainage, are in a more satisfactory state
than in the others.
Classes 3 and 4 are in very unsatisfactory state indeed, and these
embrace 53 dairies out of the total of 73.
The percentage statement of the whole dairies, water supply, drain-
age, and state of premises, is not satisfactory, and indicates that the
Inspector has a great deal of work to do in this direction.

Water Supply - Percentage Unsatisfactory, -- 31.6
Drainage - Percentage Unsatisfactory, -- 41.1
State of Premises - Percentage Unsatisfactory, -- 52.1

The most satisfactory fact brought out in this report is that the cows on
the whole have a fair allowance of cubic space, as 682 cows have
504,287 cubic feet, or an average of 739 cubic feet for each cow.