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cases, or that any carelessness had been permitted by the
Medical Officers in charge of the Board's patients, and that
this being so it appeared that, as far as this Council were
concerned, they had no complaints to lay before the Metropolitan
Asylums Board. The Committee, after considering
the report of the Medical Officer of Health, directed that the
Poplar Borough Council be informed that this Council were
not prepared to take any action in the matter.
On June 17th your Committee received a letter from
the Metropolitan Asylums Board with reference to the
circular letter issued by the Poplar Borough Council, as to
an alleged premature discharge of a patient from one of the
Board's hospitals, and stating that the Board is confident
that the most careful judgment is exercised in every case by
the Medical Officers whom they have placed in charge of
their hospitals, and assuring the Council that they are taking
every means rightly to discharge the responsible duties
resting upon them, both as regards the patients and the
public.
Milk.
Your Committee received a letter on the 27th August,
from the Lambeth Borough Council forwarding a copy of a
report by their Medical Officer of Health on the subject of
the cleanliness of the milk supplied, and stating that they
had passed the following resolutions on the subject:—
(1) That the Local Government Board and the
Board of Agiculture, be urged to take such steps as will
ensure the better enforcement of the Dairies, Cowsheds
and Milk Shop Orders, and the Regulations made
thereunder, outside the Metropolis.
(2) That, in respect of the Metropolis, the Local
Government Board, be urged to carry out their statutory