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(5.)—Premises where Food is prepared for sale, etc.—The Conference requested the County
Council to insert a clause in their next General Powers Bill providing that no such premises should
be used unless certified by the Borough Council to be suitable for the purpose; enabling them to
make by-laws for the regulation of the structure of such premises, and by-laws for regulating the
conduct of the business carried on thereat—all such by-laws to be enforceable by the Borough
Councils.
(6.)—Registration of Milkshops.—The Conference requested the County Council to obtain
Powers to enable the Borough Councils to refuse registration of premises, and to disregister
premises, unfit for the sale of Milk.
(7.)—Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—The Conference resolved that Section 25 of the Act of
1875, and Section 20 of the Act of 1899 "operate to the prejudice of the purchaser and of public
health, and should be repealed." The County Council was requested to communicate the resolution
to the President of the Local Government Board with a view to legislation. The Board, and the
Board of Agriculture also, were asked to take steps to fix a limit as to the amount of boric acid
(i.e. free or combined boric acid), or other preservatives, which may be mixed with food other than
milk.
(8.)—Houses let in Lodgings.—The Conference declared against any rental limit of exemption,
and expressed its sense of the importance of an efficient administration of by-laws framed under
the provisions of Section 94.
(9.)—Offensive Trades.—The Conference expressed the opinion that the business of a marine
store dealer, and the business of a fried fish shopkeeper, should be added to the list of offensive
trades specified in Section 19. In this connection it may be mentioned that the Kensington Sanitary
Authority requested the late Metropolitan Board of Works, in 1883, to schedule the business of
a marine store dealer, and that in 1889, the Sanitary Committee of the late Vestry recommended
that the business of a fried fish shop keeper also should be added to the list. It was not desired to
place any unnecessary impediment in the way of persons carrying on the said businesses; but thai,
as nuisance may arise, through carelessness, or otherwise, in the conduct of them, they should be
regulated by by-laws. Both of the businesses have been declared by decisions of the High Court
to be "offensive trades," and ejusdem generis with certain of the businesses specified in Section 112
of the Public Health Act, 1875, and Section 19 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
(10.)—Abolition of Private Slaughter-houses.—The Conference expressed the opinion that the
time had come when private slaughter-houses should cease to exist in London, and that all meat
should be officially inspected.
Among other matters that engaged the attention of the Conference, and in regard to some
of which the County Council was requested to promote legislation, the following may be named as
having formed the subjects of resolutions:—
The desirability of appointing female inspectors in every Borough.
The provision of a water supply, and a sink, for the tenants on each floor of a tenement
house; cisterns to be restricted to hot-water services and sanitary conveniences.
Underground rooms.
Standards with regard to provision of sanitary conveniences for persons of different
sexes employed in factories, workshops, &c.
Inspection of sleeping accommodation in shops where the assistants are boarded-in.
Disinfection, and cleansing (by provision of laundries), after infectious disease, without
the intervention of a contractor.
Disinfection after measles.
Shelters for persons unhoused during the disinfection of their rooms after infectious
disease.
Voluntary notification of, and disinfection after, phthisis.
Collection of stable refuse, fish offal, and other offensive trade refuse.
Collection of house refuse by the Sanitary Authority only, and removal thereof in
properly covered vehicles.
Smoke nuisance.
Application of Acts to Government property.