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Registration, of Milk Shops.
(19) That the London County Council be requested to take
powers to enable the Metropolitan Borough Councils to refuse
registration of premises as milk shops where, in their opinion, the
premises are unfit for the purpose.
Sale of Milk.
(20) That the London County Council be requested to introduce
legislation providing for the penalising of persons selling filthy
milk in London.
Municipal Milk Depots.
(21) That, having regard to the declining birth rate and the
large infantile mortality rate of the Metropolis, it is desirable that
the Metropolitan Borough Councils should be empowered, at their
discretion, to provide in their respective districts depots for the
preparation and sale of sterilised and humanised milk for the food
of infants, and that the London County Council be requested to
insert a clause in their General Powers Bill for the Session of 1905
to confer such power upon the said Borough Councils.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
(22) (a) That, in the opinion of this Conference, and provisions
of Section 25 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and of
Section 20 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1899. operate to the prejudice
of the purchaser and of public health, and should be
repealed, (b) That the London County Council be requested to
make a communication, conveying the resolution of the Conference
to the President of the Local Government Board, with a view of
his promoting legislation for this purpose.
(23) That the Local Government Board and the Board of Agriculture
be asked to take such steps as may be necessary in order
that a limit may be fixed as to the amount of boracic acid—that
is free or combined boracic acid—or other preservatives which may
be mixed with food other than milk.