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City of London 1896
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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In my last Annual Report I referred to
the appointment of a Select Committee of the
House of Commons, with instructions to
enquire into the general working of the Food
and Drugs Acts, etc.
The Committee being unable to complete
their investigation during the sessions
1894 and 1895, were re-appointed by the new
Parliament in February, 1896, upon a motion
of the Government, with directions "to
"enquire into the working of the Margarine
"Act, 1887, and the Sale of Food and Drugs
41 Acts, 1875, and any Acts amending the
"same, and report whether any, and if so
"what, amendments of the Law relating
"to adulteration were in their opinion
"desirable."
The Committee took voluminous evidence
on the whole subject, and presented
a Report, dated July, 1896, of which the
following is a summary of their recommendations.