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Registration of Milkshops.
That the London County Council be requested to take powers
to enable the Metropolitan Borough Councils to refuse registration
of premises as milkshops where, in their opinion, the
premises are unfit for the purpose.
Sale of Milk.
That the London County Council be requested to introduce
legislation providing for the penalising of persons selling filthy
milk in London.
Municipal Milk Depots.
That, having regard to the declining birth-rate and the large
infantile mortality rate of the Metropolis, it is desirable that the
Metropolitan Borough Councils should be empowered, at their
discretion, to provide in their respective districts depots for the
preparation and sale of sterilised and humanised milk for the
food of infants, and that the London County Council be requested
to insert a clause in their General Powers Bill for the Session
of 1905 to confer such power upon the said Borough Councils.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
(a) That, in the opinion of this Conference, the provisions of
Section 25 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and of Section 20
of the Food and Drugs Act, 1899, operate to the prejudice of the
purchaser and of public health, and should be repealed.
(b) That the London County Council be requested to make
a communication, conveying the resolution of the Conference, to
the President of the Local Government Board, with a view of his
promoting legislation for this purpose.
That the Local Government Board and the Board of Agriculture
be asked to take such steps as may be necessary in order that a
limit may be fixed as to the amount of boracic acid—that is, free
or combined boracic acid—or other preservatives which may be
mixed with food other than milk.
That every registered milk seller in a Borough shall have his
milk tested frequently.
Cisterns.
That, in cases where there is a constant water supply, cisterns
should only be used in connection with hot water services and
sanitary conveniences.