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powers as laid down in Section 28 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
(3) That the attention of the Railway Companies
and the large Metropolitan Milk Societies or Organisations
be drawn to the present need of more sanitary
means of transit and storage of milk.
(4) That the Local Government Board be written
to, suggesting that all milkshops and milk stores be
required, under penalty, to be licensed annually, as is
the case, at present with all cowsheds, and that no
person or persons, be allowed to sell milk, unless the
premises at which such milk is sold and stored have
been previously certified as suitable by the Sanitary
Authority for the District.
The Committee also considered a report by the Medical
Officer of Health stating that in his opinion, milk dealers
should be compelled to supply the Local Authority with the
list of farms in or outside the district, from which their
supply is collected, as this would give an opportunity for
having the farms visited by the Local Sanitary Authorities
within whose districts they are situated in cases where
there are good reasons to suspect the cleanliness of such
supply. The Committee concurred with the opinion
expressed by the Medical Officer of Health, and by the
resolutions of the Lambeth Borough Council, and gave
directions for the necessary letters to be written to give effect
to such opinions.
Warranty.
Your Committee had under consideration the operation
of Section 25 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, as
amended by Section 20 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act,
1899, which sections are known as the Warranty Sections.
These enable a person charged with selling an article of food