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(а) Selling milk for human consumption from any
cow suffering from tuberculosis of the udder.
(b) Failing to isolate cows suffering from tuberculosis
of the udder.
(c) Failing to notify cases of tuberculosis of the
udder among cows in any dairy.
Part V—Cleansing of verminous persons.
Power is given to the County Council Medical
Officer or his deputy to examine the person or clothing
of any child in any provided school within the Countv,
and if the person or clothing of such child is found to
be infested with vermin, or is in a foul and filthy
condition, to require, by notice in writing, the parent
or guardian of the child to properly cleanse its person
or clothing within twenty-four hours. In default the
Medical Officer may remove the child from the school
to suitable premises and may cause its person and
clothing to be properly cleaned. Similar powers apply
with respect to inmates of common lodging houses.
By Section 38, Power is given to the Council and
to Sanitary Authorities to make and carry into effect
agreements and arrangements for the purposes of this
part of the Act. Further details of the action taken
by the Officers of the London County Council and the
Public Health Department of this Borough will be
found on page 43 of Mr. Foot's report.
Part XII—Miscellaneous. Supply of water to
tenement houses. Section 48 of the Public Health Act,
1891, enacts that an occupied house without a proper
and sufficient supply of water shall be a nuisance
liable to be dealt with summarily under the Act,