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On the 29th June, 1904, a report made by me to the Public Health
Committee on the subject was approved by the Borough Council, and it
was resolved that the Local Government Board and the London County
Council be asked to initiate legislation to the effect that all new dairies,
milkshops, restaurants, and bakehouses should be registered with the
local Sanitary Authority, before such premises can be used for trade
purposes; the local Sanitary Authority being given power to refuse
registration, if the premises are found to be unsuitable for the purpose
for which they are intended. It was also resolved that the Agricultural
Department, the Local Government Board, and the London County
Council be asked to consider the question of the amendment of the
Milk Regulations, made in pursuance of Section 13 of the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1885, with a view to their being
brought up to a standard consonant with modern knowledge on the
constitution and properties of cows' milk.
The Warranty Defence under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
1875-1899.
On the 27th July, 1904, a report made by me to the Public
Health Committee on the above subject was approved by the Borough
Council, and it was resolved that a copy of the report and of the legal
proceedings against the vendor of an adulterated milk, and against a
wholesale dairy company for giving a false warranty in respect of a
consignment of milk which was alleged to be adulterated, be sent to the
Local Government Board, the Agricultural Department, the London
County Council, and each of the Metropolitan Borough Councils. It
was also resolved that the Local Government Board and the Agricultral
Department be requested to introduce a Bill in Parliament next
Session (1905), having for its object the repeal of the Warranty
Sections of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875, 1879 and 1899, and
the insertion of such clauses as would enable the vendor, who has a
warranty, to recover the penalties and costs of a conviction by simple
civil process from the warrantor.
Basement Workrooms.
In the much frequented, fashionable, and highly rented streets of
London, as the existing leases fall in, the old houses are being replaced
by buildings containing shops on the ground floor, workrooms and
storerooms in the basement, and suites of flats on all the upper floors.
West End milliners and dressmakers rent the shops and basements in
such streets, as their trade lies in the fashionable thoroughfares; and
they are unable now, as formerly, to rent upstairs rooms as workshops.
In Chelsea there are at present some twenty basement workrooms for
milliners and dressmakers; and this number will be continually added
to as the leases of the old houses fall in.
The basement workrooms are almost invariably badly lighted for
daylight illumination, are defectively ventilated by bulkhead fanlights,