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authority within the meaning of that section. It is, however,
provided that a County Council shall not, except in case of emergency,
be required to execute and enforce any such regulations
without their consent.
The purpose of Section 3 of the Act is to give extended powers
in regard to the treatment of Tuberculosis by Local Authorities.
It will enable County Councils to make any such arrangements
as the Local Government Board may sanction for the treatment of
this disease. It will be noted that the power thus conferred will
be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other power.
Section 4 of the Act directs that any expenses incurred under
the Act are to be defrayed, in the case of a Sanitary Authority,
as part of the expenses incurred in the execution of the Public
Health Acts, and, in the case of a County Council, as expenses
for general county purposes; or, if the Local Government Board
by order so direct, as expenses for special county purposes charged
on such part of the county as may be provided by the order.
Unfortunately no further progress with Pure Milk legislation
was made during the year in review. The Board of Agriculture,
however, brought into operation in May a Tuberculosis Order
under the Diseases of Animals Act, which requires that the existence
of bovine tuberculosis, when accompanied by emaciation or
udder disease, shall be notified to the Local Authority, which is
then charged with the duty of causing a veterinary inspection to
be made and of securing in certain cases the slaughtering of the
infected animal. A partial compensation for compulsory slaughter
is payable, a State contributon of one-half of the cost of such compensation
being provided for the first five years.
The Publc Health Committee had under consideration in
the early part of the year the Milk and Dairies Bill, which nad
been introduced into the House of Commons by the President
of the Local Government Board. By Section 25 of the Bill, its
provisions were to apply to London, subject to such modifications
as might be made by Regulations of the Local Government Board;
and such Regulations might provide for any of the powers and
duties of Sanitary Authorities and their Medical Officers of Health,