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The condition of the brush head, submitted by the Baths
Committee, can only be described, bacteriologically, as "filthy,"
and its use in a Public Bath is certainly undesirable, if not a
danger to health. The thin wooden casing, nailed on the back
of the brush head was found, on removal, to be corroded on the
inside with a dirt-mixture, which, on examination, proved to be
the same in composition as that found around the roots of the
tufts of hairs, or bristles, of which the brush head is composed.
The kind of brush required for use in a Public Bath is one
made of an impermeable material, which can be readily cleansed
and disinfected, and which will not harbour filth and germs.
Antitoxin.
The Borough Council has distributed during 1907, free of cost
to medical practitioners, practising in Lambeth Borough, 40 vials
of antitoxin.
PROPOSED L.C.C. LEGISLATION.
A letter was received in 1907 from the L.C.C. dealing with
suggested legislation in connection with the following matters:—
1. To enable the Sanitary Authorities in London to refuse
to register, or to remove from the register, cowkeepers,
dairymen, or purveyors of milk, whose premises are
unsuitable for the sale of milk thereon;
2. To regulate the sanitary conditions prevailing at premises
on which food is sold, or prepared for sale;
3. To enable Sanitary Authorities to require the surrender,
for the purpose of destruction of unsound food;