View report page

136
INSPECTION OF FOOD AND EXAMINATION
OF UNSOUND FOOD AT
WHARVES, Etc.
With respect to the examination of food stuffs see Sanitary Inspectors'
reports, pages 175, 177, 188, 193, 198, 209 and 214-216.
Also, with respect to the examination of food stuffs at wharves, see
Inspectors' reports, pages 198, 208 and 215.
The Public Health Committee of the London County Council, under
date 21st June, submitted a report which came before the Council on
17th July, in which "the need for improved administration in London for
the purposes of inspection of food entering London" is suggested; the
recommendation submitted being—
"That application be made to Parliament in the Session of 1907
for authority (i.) to enable the Council to establish food inspection
stations and public slaughter-houses in London, and (ii.) to provide
for the inspection of food entering London; and that, before the
introduction into Parliament of any bill on the subject, the Public
Health Committee do report details upon which the provisions of
such Bill shall be based."
The recommendation was summarily disposed of by a motion "that
the Council do proceed to the next business."
However a Bill to enable regulations to be made for the prevention of
danger arising to public health from the importation, preparation, storage
or distribution of articles of food, was presented by the President of the
Local Government Board, supported by Mr. Runciman.
At the Annual Meeting of the Metropolitan Branch of the Incorporated
Society of Medical Officers of Health, held on 6th July, a discussion took
place on the subject of Tinned and Preserved Foods, and the following
resolution was passed:—
"That, in the opinion of the Metropolitan Branch of the Incorporated
Society of Medical Officers of Health, it is necessary, in order
to secure better protection for the public in regard to Tinned and