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ICE CREAMS.
At the meeting of the Public Health Committee on the 21st June,
it was reported that samples of ice cream had been submitted to the
public analyst. For the information of the Public Health Committee
I repeated the report upon the subject of " ice cream " which I made
on the 25th February, 1895, to the then Sanitary Committee. The
Committee directed that a copy of the report should be forwarded to
the London County Council and recommended that body be urged
to make bye-laws for the registration of premises where " ice cream "
" and lemon water ice " are made and of the vendors of such articles.
At a subsequent meeting, the Public Health Committee further
considered the question of the danger arising from the unrestricted
sale of ice cream, and directed that a circular letter be sent to the
schools in the borough suggesting that the children be warned of the
risks they incur by buying ice creams from itinerant vendors, and
also directed a communication to be made to the police urging the
moving on of such vendors.
As directed by the Public Health Committee, the following circular
letter was forwarded to the school authorities calling attention to the
grave danger to which children are exposed by eating ice cream and
taking iced drinks during the hot weather.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
Public Health Offices,
Bow Road, Bow, E.
( Corner of Fairfield Road).
1891.
To the Head Teacher, Board School.
Dear Sir, or Madam,
re—ICE CREAM, AND ICE DRINKS.
I am directed by my Public Health Committee, to call the attention
of the School Authorities to the grave danger to which children