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examining whether there is any contravention of the provisions of
this part of the Act, or any non-compliance with the requirements of
any notice given thereunder.
Section 48 enacts that any pecuniary penalty inflicted in consequence
of proceedings taken by a Sanitary Authority against any
person in respect of any offence under " Part VIII. (Ice-creams) " of the
County Council's (General Powers) Act, 1902, shall be payable and
paid to such Sanitary Authority.
Part V. of the Act, dealing with "Tuberculosis of the Udder in
Cows," enables the County Council's veterinary surgeon to cause any
cow suspected by him to be suffering from that disease, to be removed
from any dairy farm or cowshed situate in the county, and, after
valuation (with a view to settling the amount of compensation payable
to the owner) to be slaughtered.
During the year an important Conference was convened by the
London County Council in order to deal with the administration of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Conference was largely
attended. It seems desirable, therefore, to place on record the following
important Resolutions which were passed at that Conference:—
I.—Sanatoria for persons suffering from Consumption should
be provided by one Authority, and that, the Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
II.—Having regard to the declining Birth-rate and the large
Infantile Mortality Rate in the Metropolis, the Conference held
that it was desirable that the Borough Councils should be
empowered, at their discretion, to establish Creches for the
reception of young children during the hours their mothers are
employed in work away from home, and to make reasonable
charges for the accommodation so provided and for the food of the
children.
III.—A Resolution in similar terms was adopted in favour of
Borough Councils providing in their respective districts depots for