HH62/2/LANARK/63

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animals themselves, and, as a necessary result, in the quality
of that most important article of diet - milk.
I have not been able to make anything like a complete
inspection of the 238 registered dairies and milkshops.
What I have seen, however, shows me the necessity of
having such regulations as have been submitted for your
consideration. While a fair proportion of the cowsheds
and dairies are well constructed and well kept, many are
badly adapted for the purpose, and carelessly looked after.
In particular, the milk-house is often situated in a position
liable to contamination from the effluvia of the dungstead,
the byre, or the dwelling-house, and as milk, more than any
other article of diet, is liable to be affected by foul
surroundings, it is obvious that the most scrupulous care
must be directed to the milk-house. In one well-marked
instance, Mr. Dobson demonstrated in my presence how the
foul air from the dungstead was unmistakably rushing
through the wall gratings directly into the milk-house of
a large farm. Another milk-house in use I found utilised
as a kind of lumber room, prominent amongst other articles
being a few pairs of old boots.
As this question is likely to engage a considerable
amount of attention, a fuller report will, it is expected, be
submitted at a future date.

Infectious Disease (Notification) Act. - This Act
was adopted in the Middle Ward prior to my appointment
as Medical Officer, the notifications being received by the
County Sanitary Inspector.
Since the adoption of the Act by the other wards of the
county the arrangements have been made uniform, so that
while notifications for the Middle Ward are still forwarded
to Uddingston and addressed to me, the Chief Inspector is
empowered to open them and thus enable his inspectors to
take immediate action. A return is daily sent to the office
in Hamilton, with an account of the case, its surroundings,
and the action taken. The same measures are adopted as

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