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REPORT.
Public Health Department,
Municipal Buildings,
Battersea, S.W.
19th January, 1909.
To the Health Committee,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908,
which came into force on the 1st January of this year, contains
important provisions dealing with sanitary matters. Under
these provisions, increased powers are given to the Council,
as the sanitary authority, in respect to the following matters:—
(A) 1—Registration of Milk Vendors.
2—Appointment of Health Visitors.
3—Accommodation for cooking of food in tenement
houses.
4—Sanitary regulations for premises used for sale,
&c., of food for human consumption ;
and to the London County Council, among other matters :—
(B) 5—Power to make by-laws with respect to certain
businesses.
Among the more important of these provisions, those
dealing with the registration of milk vendors call for special
mention. Under Section 5, Part II. (Sanitary Provisions)
power is given to any sanitary authority to refuse to register
or to remove from the register kept by them persons from time
to time carrying on the trade of dairymen or purveyors of milk
upon premises which are, in the opinion of such sanitary
authority, for any reason unsuitable for the sale of milk
therein. Provided that for the purposes of this section premises
shall not be deemed to be unsuitable for the sale of milk
therein on any ground inconsistent with the provisions or
requirements of any Order or Regulations made under any
enactment for the time being in force and applicable to such
premises. The section further provides for an appeal to the
London County Council by any person who thinks himself
aggrieved by the exercise by any sanitary authority of the
powers of this section.
The section, as will be gathered from its wording, will
be of great assistance to the Council in safeguarding the health
of the inhabitants of the Borough by preventing milk being