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(d) To enforce the by-laws and regulations for the time
being in force with regard to dairies and milk pursuant to the
London Government Act, 1899, Section 6 (4); to control the
registration of dairymen pursuant to Section 28 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891; and to enforce the by-laws and
regulations for the time being in force with regard to slaughterhouses,
knackers' yards, and offensive businesses, and all other
by-laws relating to matters affecting the public health;
(e) To exercise the powers of a "Metropolitan Authority"
for the purposes referred to in Sections 17 to 25 of the Metropolis
Water Act, 1871;
(f) To superintend all proceedings under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Act, 1875, the Margarine Act, 1887, or any Act or Acts
extending or amending the same, and to see that such Acts are
effectually administered;
(S) To regulate all matters connected with the use of the
mortuaries, disinfecting stations, and shelter houses;
(h) To consider reports of the Medical Officer of Health, of
the Public Analyst, of the Sanitary Inspectors, and of the Borough
Surveyor so far as regards defective house and combined
drainage, and to give directions thereon;
(t) To examine and certify all accounts relating to works
under its control, and to submit the same to the Finance
Committee;
(/) To control the sanitary staff and to report to the Council
thereon as may be necessary.
Rating and Valuation Committee.
45. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow :—
(a) To superintend all matters connected with the making
levying and collection of rates;
(b) To examine the Collectors' accounts, and from time to
time to check them with the receipts and rate books;
(c) To carry out, under the control of the Council, the duties
devolving upon it as Overseers under the Valuation (Metropolis)
Act, 1869.