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Inspection of Slaughterhouses, Cowhouses, Dairies, Milk shops, and Milk stores.
(18) That slaughterhouses, cowhouses, dairies, milk shops and milk stores
should be frequently inspected.
Registration of Milk Shops.
(19) That the London County Council be requested to take powers to enable
the Metropolitan Borough Councils to refuse registration of premises as milk
shops where, in their opinion, the premises are unfit for the purpose.
Sale of Milk.
(20) That the London County Council be requested to introduce legislation
providing for the penalising of persons selling filthy milk in London.
Municipal Milk Depots.
(21) That, having regard to the declining birth rate and the large infantile
mortality rate of the Metropolis, it is desirable that the Metropolitan Borough
Councils should be empowered, at their discretion, to provide in their respective
districts depots for the preparation and sale of sterilized and humanised milk
for the food of infants, and that the London County Council be requested to
insert a clause in its General Powers Bill for the Session of 1905 to confer
such power upon the Borough Councils.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
(22) (a) That, in the opinion of this Conference, the provisions of Section 25
of the Food and Drugs Acts, 1875, and of Section 20 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1899, operate to the prejudice of the purchaser and the public health, and
should be repealed. (4) That the London County Council be requested to
make a communication, conveying the resolution of the Conference to the
President of the Local Government Board, with a view of his promoting
legislation for this purpose.
(23) That the Local Government Board and the Board of Agriculture be
asked to take such steps as may be necessary in order that a limit may be fixed
as to the amount of boracic acid—that is, free or combined boracic acid— or
other preservatives which may be mixed with food other than milk.
(24) That every registered milkseller in a borough shall have his milk
tested frequently.
Cisterns.
(25) That, in cases where there is a constant water supply, cisterns should
only be used in connection with hot-water services and sanitary conveniences.
Prevention of Disease.
Disinfection.
(26) That this Conference is of opinion that disinfection should be carried
out by the responsible officers of the Sanitary Authority without the intervention
of a contractor.