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Power to prohibit supply of milk.
If it appears on the reports of the Medical Officer and
the veterinary surgeon that tuberculosis is caused or is
likely to be caused to persons residing in the County from
the consumption of milk from any dairy within or outside
the County or from any cow kept therein, the Council may
make an order prohibiting the supply of such milk in the
County until the order has been withdrawn, and any person
contravening the order shall be liable to a penalty of £5,
and for a continuing offence to a daily penalty of 40s.
Appeal may be made against the Council's order.
Obstructing Officers.
Any dairyman or person in his employment refusing
any reasonable assistance or obstructing the Medical Officer
or duly authorised person or veterinary surgeon in his
duties shall be liable to a penalty of £5.
Selling milk from diseased cow.
Every person who knowingly sells or suffers to be sold
or used for human consumption within the County the milk
of any cow suffering from tuberculosis of the udder shall
be liable to a penalty of £10, and any person failing to
isolate such cow in his dairy shall be liable to a penalty
of £5.
Notice in case of disease.
Every dairyman who supplies milk within the County
shall give notice to the Medical Officer of any cow in his
dairy affected with or suspected of or exhibiting signs of
tuberculosis of the udder, and any dairyman failing to give
notice shall be liable to a penalty of 40s.
For further information reference should be made to the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, copies of
which can be obtained from Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode,
East Harding Street, E.C., or Messrs. Wyman and Sons,
Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C., price 3s. 3d. each.
The Council in further pursuance of Section 31 of the before
mentioned Act, also gives notice that a meeting held on the 26th
May, 1908, it fixed the 1st July, 1908, as the day on which the
provisions of Part IV. of the said Act shall come into operation
G. L. Gomme,
Clerk of the London County Council.
County Hall,
Spring Gardens, S.W.,
29th May, 1908.