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how they have been treated; the importer being subject, on
conviction, to a fine, for the first offence of £20 or less, for
the second offence up to £50, and for subsequent offences
up to £100.
The Local Government Board or the Board of
Agriculture may send an officer, under certain circumstances,
to take samples of food and have them analysed by the local
analyst, for which analysis the Local Authority will have to
pay (Sect. 2).
Local Authorities are bound to carry out the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts, if they do not do so, the Local
Government Board or the Board of Agriculture have power
to carry it out for them, and at the expense of the Local
Authority (Sect. 3). The Board of Agriculture is to have
power to fix standards for butter, milk, cream or cheese (Sect.
4). Margarine is not to be imported, manufactured or sold,
the fat of which contains more than 10 per cent. of butter
fat (Sect. 8).
A person selling milk or cream in a public place must
have his name and address conspicuously printed or painted
on the vehicle or receptacle (Sect. 9).
Tins or other receptacles containing condensed,
separated, or skimmed milk, must be labelled "Machineskimmed
Milk" or "Skimmed Milk," as the case may require
(Sect. 11).
The Act contains many other matters of detail, but the
above are the more important Sections. So far as the Act
goes it is a distinct advance in practical legislation.
Two important legal decisions were given during the
year, the one (Mary Vines v. the North London Collegiate
School and Camden School for Girls), laying down that the
right of entry, under the Public Health (London) Act, of a
Sanitary Officer can only be exercised on reasonable grounds
and when there is a definite reason to suspect a nuisance.
Premises cannot be entered legally upon general grounds.
Hence there can be no house to house inspection of an
absolutely complete character; should any Local Authority
desire to cause a house to house inspection of their district,
only those premises registered as tenement dwellings, or those