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(b) That the Public Health Committee instruct the Town Clerk and the
Medical Officer of Health to make the necessary arrangements for
giving effect to the Order in Hammersmith.
(c) That applications for licences which will be received and entered by
the Town Clerk be handed to the Medical Officer of Health for the
purpose of investigation and report to the Public Health Committee
so as to enable that Committee to decide whether the licences should
be issued in appropriate cases.
(d) That the Medical Officer of Health enter into preliminary negotiations
with some Bacteriological Laboratory of repute with a view to the
making of an agreement between the Council and the Laboratory
for the bacteriological examination of milk samples required to be
taken in connection with the Order.
(e) That the bacteriological examinations required in order to satisfy
the Council, prior to the issue of a licence, should be paid for by the
applicant, but that samples taken from time to time during the year
in order to determine whether the required standard is maintained
shall, except in those cases in which the fees will be paid by the
Ministry of Health, be defrayed as part of the Council's general
expenses.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
In May, the Minister of Health, in view of certain representations
made to him as to the working of the Milk (Special
Designations) Orders, decided to issue a new Order which
embodied amendments and revoked the existing Orders as
from the 1st July, 1923.
The new Order did not alter the general scheme of grading
in operation, but it provided for some relaxation of the conditions
under which licences may be granted for the sale of
" Grade A " milk and " Pasteurised " milk.
The alterations in regard to "Grade A" affect the conditions
of production only. It is now provided that only the
milch cows of the herd need be subjected to veterinary examination,
and consequently only these animals will need to
be registered. If a cow is suffering from a disease which is