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This bill has been read a second time and referred to Grand
Committee.
SANITARY LEGISLATION DURING 1897.
The Sanitary Laws passed during the year include the
Cleansing of Persons Act, Infant Life Protection Act, and the
Metropolis Water Act.
The Cleansing of Persons Act empowers the sanitary
authority, if they think fit, to afford free use, upon application,
of any apparatus at their disposal, for the cleansing of persons
and clothing infested with Vermin.
The Infant Life Protection Act provides for the registration
by the London County Council of any premises where more than
one infant is farmed out, and will probably be the means of
reducing infantile mortality.
Metropolis Water Act, 1897. One of the most important
sections affecting Public Health is No. 2, which empowers the
sanitary authority to assist any water consumer in obtaining the
settlement of questions affecting water consumers generally in
the district, more especially relative to the duties and liabilities
of water companies with regard to the quantity or quality of
water supplied by them.
The following important Bill was also before Parliament.
Adulteration
(Food Products)
Bill,
1898.
A Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating
to the sale of Foods and Drugs was prepared and
brought into Parliament in session 1897 by Mr.
Kearley, Sir Jas. Woodhouse, Mr. Horace Plunkett, Mr. Lambert
and others, but only passed the first reading, and has been
re-introduced during the present session as the Adulteration
(Food Products) Bill, 1898.