View report page

54
(<■) That the only preservative which it shall be lawful to use in
cream be borac acid or mixtures of borac acid and borax, and in amount
not exceeding o 25 per cent expressed as borac acid. The amount of
such preservative to be notified by a label u] on the vessel.
(1d) That the only preservative permitted to be used in butter and
margarine be borac acid or mixtures of borac acid and borax, to be used
in proportions not exceeding 0 5 per cent, expressed as borac acid.
(f) That in the case of all dietetic preparations intended for the
use of invalids or infants chemical preservatives of all kinds be
prohibited.
(/) That the use of copper salts in the so-called greening of
preserved foods be prohibited.
(g) That means be provided either by the establishment of a
separate Court of Reference or by the imposition of more direct obligation
on the Local Government Board to exercise supervision over the
use of preservatives and colouring matters in food, and to prepare
schedules of such as may be considered inimical to the public health.
Penalties
under Sale of
Food Hz Drugs
Acts.
73-—The attention of the Home Secretary was called to the
inadequacy of the fines inflicted in proceedings under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, in comparison with
the offence and the cost to the Council of procuring
the sample and of the analysis. A circular letter on the subject
has been addressed by the Home Secretary to magistrates.
Samples for
analyses.
74.-—The Council's attention having been called by the Board
of Agriculture to the number of samples taken for
analysis, it was decided to increase the number fro.n
600 per annum to a number equal to 3 per 1,000 of the population
The present population is estimated at 243,000, and the present
increase will be about 130 samples per annum.
Housing of
the Working:
Classes.
75.—The question of the Housing of the Working Classes has
continued to receive the consideration of the Public
Health Committee during the year. The plans prepared
by the architects to the Guinness Trustees for
houses suitable for erection on sites at Hill's Yard, Wandsworth,
and Rectory Grove, Clapham, and the reports upon the suitability
of the sites and estimated cost of erecting such dwellings have been