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gases or effluvia arising from sewers or drains, gullies, cesspools,
or w.c.'s or by any offensive effluvia from putrid or
•offensive substances (manure, house refuse, etc.), or by
impure air. Granted properly covered vessels and the
absence of strong-smelling or dirty and dusty articles,
there is no reason why milk should not be sold in shops,
e.g., wherein minerals, sweets, and small groceries alone
are also sold.
Milk and Dairies Bill, 1910.
The Council, during 1910, lodged a petition against the
Milk and Dairies Bill, 1910, where by it was sought by means
of a Public Bill to obtain for the London County Council
the powers (at present vested in the City and Borough
Councils) to register dairies and dairymen and to inspect
dairies and to prohibit the supply of milk, i.e., repealing
section 28 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as
amended by section 5 and Schedule 2 (Part I.) of the London
Government Act, 1899, and section 71 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
ICE- CREAM VENDORS.
During 1910 (June), the Council applied to the London
County Council, suggesting an amendment of section 43
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902,
so that the name and address of the maker of the cream
may be required on stalls as well as on ice-cream barrows.
The necessity for this amendment has arisen in connection
with a case heard before the Magistrate at the instance of
the Greenwich Metropolitan Borough Council—the summons
being dismissed on the ground that, as the defendant had
removed the wheels from his barrow, such was no longer a
barrow, requiring the name and address upon it of the maker
of the ice-cream.