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City of London 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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In this connection it is well to state here that
six days later, viz., on the 29th January, the
President of the Board of Agriculture appointed a
Departmental Committee to enquire and report—
''what regulations, if any, may with advantage be
"made by the Board of Agriculture under Section 4 of
"the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, for determin"ing
what deficiency, if any, of the normal constituents
"of genuine milk and cream, or what addition of
"extraneous matter or proportion of water in any sample
"of milk (including condensed milk) or cream, shall for
"the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875
"to 1899, raise a presumption, until the contrary is
"proved, that the milk or cream is not genuine."
The following gentlemen constituted the Committee,
which held 15 sittings for the purpose of
taking evidence:—
Lord Wenlock, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Chairman.
Mr. Geo. Barham.
Mr. Geo. Cowan.
Major Patrick Geo. Craigie, an Assistant
Secretary of the Board of Agriculture.
Mr. S. W. Farmer.
Mr. Shirley F. Murphy, Medical Officer
of Health for the County of London.