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opening on to streets and constructed before the passing
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and so placed
as to be a nuisance or offensive to public decency.
4.—Enabling the Council to make Bye-laws to be enforced
by Sanitary Authorities requiring the paving of stables with
impervious material.
5.—Enabling Sanitary Authorities to require the removal
of fixed dust receptacles after movable receptacles have
been provided.
6.—Enabling Sanitary Authorities to examine premises
on which food is prepared for sale, and to require the
removal of conditions likely to give rise to contamination.
7.—Amending Part VIII. of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1902, so as to make penalties against
ice cream manufactures and vendors payable to the Metropolitan
Borough Councils.
8.—Prohibiting the sorting and sifting of house refuse
by hand in London.
The Committee considered the report of the Public Health Committee
of the London County Council on the subject and were of
opinion the proposals should be supported.
I am, Sir and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant,
FREDERICK WILLIAM ALEXANDER,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of F.r.gla id, and Licentiate of the
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ;
Diplomate in Public Health, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons,
England ;
Fellow and Member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Public Health ;
Member of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine ;
Medical Officer of Health.
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar,
Public Health Offices, Bow Road, E.,
Corner of Fairfield Road, May, 1904.
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