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PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION IN 1907.
The Yaccination Act of 1907 modifies the Act of 1898 by substituting a
statutory declaration of conscientious belief in the place of the provision for
satisfying two justices of such belief, which obtained in the former Act.
The Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, only applies to England, Wale
and Ireland, exclusive of the Administrative County of London.
These provisions may, therefore, apply in the Victoria, Royal Albert and
Tilbury Docks, exclusive of a small portion of the Royal Albert Dock,
which is within the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich.
The Butter and Margarine Act, 1907, prohibits the importation from
abroad of margarine and certain dairy products which do not conform to the
conditions imposed on Home products.
The power of inspection, taking samples, and instituting prosecutions,
rests with His Majesty's Commissioners of Customs, and therefore the Port
Sanitary Authority is not affected by this Act.
The Public Health Regulations as to Food Act is of great importance.
The following is a full text of the Act:—
Chapter 32.
"An Act to enable regulations to be made for the prevention of
"danger arising to public health from the importation, prepara"tion,
storage, and distribution of articles of food. (28th August,
"1907.)
A.D. 1907
"Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent. Majesty, by and with the
"advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,
"in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,
"as follows:—
"1. (1) The power of making regulations under the Public Health
"Act, 1896, and the enactments mentioned in that Act, shall include
"the power of making regulations, authorising measures to be taken for
"the prevention of danger arising to public health from the importation,
"preparation, storage, and distribution of articles of food or drink (other
"than drugs or water) intended for sale for human consumption, and,
"without prejudice to the generality of the powers so conferred, the
"regulations may—
"(a) provide for the examination and taking of samples of any
" such articles ;
"(b) apply, as respects any matters to be dealt with by the regula"tions,
any provision in any Act of Parliament dealing with the
"like matters, with the necessary modifications and adaptations ;
"(c) provide for the recovery of any charges authorised to be made
"by the regulations for the purposes of the regulations or any
"services performed thereunder ;
Power to make
regulations as
to the importation,
preparation,
storage, and
distribution of
articles of
food. 59 & 60
Vict., c. 19.