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The samples analysed were found to consist of milk, sugar, starch,
and water.
On the 8th September the Committee considered the reference of
the circular letter from the Clerkenwell Vestry giving result of proceedings
against a milk vendor for adulteration, showing that a retailer
who gets a warranty is protected, whilst the farmer giving the warranty
cannot be reached; and they recommended that the application of
the Vestry to the Local Government Board urging legislation on the
matter be supported.
On the 22nd September the Committee considered the resolutions
of the Camberwell Vestry on the subject of condensed separated
milk:—
(a) "That the Government be asked to at once introduce a
short Bill into Parliament, requiring that persons manufacturing
or importing condensed milk should state in plain language on
the outside of each tin what quantity of the milk contained in
the tin it would be necessary to use to obtain the full benefits
desirable from a pint of new Engiish milk."
(b) "And that posters and bills be printed and circulated
throughout the District, and that the Registrar of Births be
asked to hand to each person on registering a birth a handbill
intimating the above information."
The Committee recommended that the Board support paragraph
(a) of the above proposals.
On the 28th October the Committee considered the letter from St.
Olave's District Board of Works, that they had communicated with
the Local Government Board, urging that in any future Act that may
be passed, dealing with the adulteration of food, a provision should
be inserted requiring that all receptacles out of which milk other than