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43. Every itinerant vendor of any such commodity as
aforesaid shall if not himself the manufacturer thereof
exhibit in a legible manner on a conspicuous part of his
barrow a notice stating the name and address of the person
from whom he obtains such commodity and if such vendor
is himself the manufacturer of such commodity he shall in
the same manner exhibit his own name and address every
such itinerant vendor who shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this Section shall be liable for each offence
on conviction as aforesaid to a penalty not exceeding forty
shillings.
44. Proceedings for the recovery of the penalties
imposed by the two last preceding Sections of this Act
shall be instituted by the Sanitary Authority for the District
in which the offence was committed or of the District to
the Medical Officer of which such notification as aforesaid
ought to have been made or in which such itinerant vendor
as aforesaid shall offer any such commodity as aforesaid
for sale as the case may be.
Provided always that if any Sanitary Authority omit to
institute such proceedings the Council may institute the
same as if such omission were a default within the meaning
of "The Public Health (London) Act, 1891" and the
provisions of that Act relating to any such default and
the consequences thereof shall apply with respect to such
proceedings.
Copies of these regulations have been posted in different
parts of the borough and bills distributed in both English and
Italian.
THE SANITARY STAFF.
During the year the Local Government Board approved of
the Medical Officer of Health relinquishing private practice
and devoting his time to the Public Health work of the borough.
The Local Government Board also sanctioned the appointment