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within or without the county, and inspect the cows kept
therein, and would,empower the County Council, upon a report that
tuberculosis is likely to be caused to persons from the consumption of
milk from the dairy, to order the dairyman not to supply milk within
the county.
52. The Bill would also authorise the Medical Officer of the
London County Council to inspect dairies in the case of infectious
disease suspected to be attributable to the consumption of milk therefrom,
to take samples of milk at any place (including railway stations)
within the county, would require dairymen to supply lists of farms
from which their supply of milk is derived, and lists of their customers,
and to notify the County Council of all cases of infectious disease
among their employees, and would prohibit infected persons from
milking animals. Sanitary authorities were also to be empowered,
with a view to prevent the spread of infectious disease, to require
laundrymen to furnish a list of their customers.
53. Clauses 38 and 39 dealt with the subject of the provision of a
proper supply of water, and accommodation for the cooking and storage
of food in houses let in separate tenements. Clause 40 would
prohibit the sorting of house refuse by hand, Clause 41 proposed to
make certain sanitary regulations for premises used for the sale, &c.,
of food for human consumption, Clause 42 would have authorised
the County Council to make bye-laws to regulate the conduct of the
businesses of a vendor of fried fish, fish curer, and marine store
dealer; and Clauses 49—51 proposed to empower Metropolitan Borough
Councils to establish, maintain and carry 011 milk depots for the sale
of milk for consumption by infants under two years of age.
54. Part VII. related to the cleansing of verminous persons, and
would authorise the examination of school children and the inmates
of any common lodging-house, and require Sanitary Authorities to
secure the cleansing of verminous persons.
55. The Bill also proposed to authorise the County Council to
cater at their lodging-houses.
56. The Council presented a petition against certain provisions of
the Bill, and the following points were included in the petition, viz.:—