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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE
as at 31st December, 1957
The Mayor:
Councillor Mrs. M. L. Wentworth, J.P.
and 13 Members
Councillor A. C. Chrisp, L.C.C. (Chairman)
Councillor Mrs. M. L. Bennett (Vice-Chairman)
Aldermen :
Mrs. L. Hilldrith Mrs. J. Gollogly P. Noble
Councillors :
Mrs. L. Berry D. P. Lynch
J. B. Gillard W. S. Manners
Mrs. A. D. A. Kennedy R. Ruston
Dr. W. Smith
Powers and Duties of the Public Health Committee :
1.—The Committee shall consist of 13 members of the Council.
2.—There shall stand referred to the Committee all matters relating
to the powers and duties of the Council under Acts of Parliament,
by-laws and regulations dealing with the public health
and the sanitary condition of the Borough ; the administration
of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and any regulations
dealing with the preparation, storage and sale of Food and
Drugs ; the powers and duties of the Council under enactments
relating to Milk and Dairies.
3.—Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, the powers and duties of the Council
to serve and receive Notices, take proceedings and empower
officers to make complaints and take proceedings on the
Council's behalf and otherwise to enforce the provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, other than those specified
in Part I of the First Schedule to such Acts, the functions of
the Council under Sections 16 and 18 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1955, (registration of premises used in connection with