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Poplar 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL, 1908.
Part II.
Unwholesome Milk.
Section 5. Enables the London County Council to take samples of
milk on delivery at any Railway Station, and the Sanitary Authority to
take samples at any other place in its own District.
If on examination the milk is found to contain any matter rendering
it unwholesome, the person producing or consigning the milk taken at
Railway Stations, or the person selling it in other cases, is liable to
penalties.
Section 8. If samples taken at Railway Stations are unwholesome
to such an extent or on such frequent occasions as to render it desirable,
the London County Council may make an order excluding all or any of
the milk from such dairy.
In the case of any such sample the London County Council Medical
Officer may inspect the dairy and cows and take samples.
Part III.—Sanitary Provisions.
Registration of Milkshops.
Section 14. Gives power to Sanitary Authorities to remove from or
refuse to enter on Register names of dairymen if premises are unsuitable,
subject to appeal to the London County Council.
Offensive Trade Refuse.
Section 15. Medical Officer or Sanitary Inspector may require
surrender of offensive Trade Refuse and Unsound Food and recover cost
of removal and disposal.