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satisfying the requirements of the district of the supplying
company to such an extent and during such period as the Local
Government Board may require.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899. This Act amongst other
important provisions imposes penalties for the importation of
adulterated or impoverished foods, &c., to which the Act may be
applied by Order in Council. It also provides for regulations for
determining the amount of adulteration or the degree of impoverishment
of milk, &c. which constitute offences under the Act. It is
also required that every seller of milk or cream shall have his
name inscribed on the vehicle. The powers of the 1879 Act are
also enlarged concerning the taking of samples in course of
delivery.
Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Bye-laws) Act, 1899. This
Act enables the London County Council to make bye-laws
requiring the submittal of plans to Sanitary Authorities relative
to the construction, reconstruction or alteration of drainage with
a view to preventing the further liability of Sanitary Authorities
concerning combined drains alias "sewers."
Infectious Disease (Notification) Extension Act, 1899. This Act
makes the Act of 1889, which was formerly an adoptive Act,
compulsory throughout England and Wales, and although it does
not directly affect this Parish it will materially assist in preventing
the importation of infectious disease from those parts of the
country where there was formerly no system of notification and
consequently little or no control of infectious disease.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYES
As a now necessary precedent to the appointment of officers
and for the purposes of the Battersea Vestry Sick and Accident
Society, three hundred and thirty-one medical examinations were
made during the year. Of these twenty-two were candidates for
appointments as officers or servants and three hundred and nine
in connection with the Sick and Accident Society.