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Amended Bye-law.—
of the provisions of that Act as are still valuable in present
circumstances; and also to obtain additional provisions
to afford the desired increase of protection to the public.
The London County Council request that this Council will
be good enough to assist them in the matter by informing
them whether any of the provisions of the above-mentioned
Act are of value in connection with the prevention of
adulteration, etc., and should therefore be re-enacted, or
whether in view of the powers bestowed by the Sale of
Food and Drugs Act, 1875, the provisions of the former
Act as regards adulteration have become obsolete and
might, with advantage, be repealed. The Medical Officer of
Health has reported that in his opinion the Act of 3,
George IV., Chapter CVI., has become obsolete and should
be repealed as all proceedings for the prevention of
adulteration, etc., are taken under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, and the Committee directed that the London
County Council be so informed.
A letter was received on February 27th from the Clerk
of the London County Council on the subject of a proposed
amendment of Bye-law No. 26, made by the Council under
Section 39 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in
relation to water closets, earth closets, privies, and receptacles
for dung, and forwarding copy of the proposed amended
bye-law in order that the Council may make any representations
thereon which it may think desirable for the
consideration of the London County Council. The proposed
alteration in the Bye-law made by the London County
Council is necessitated by a decision in the High Court
(King's Bench Division) in the case of Nokes & Nokes v. The
Islington Borough Council, to the effect that the Bye-law
above referred to, made by the London County Council was