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33.—Any expenses incurred by the council, in application by a veterinary
surgeon of the tuberculin or other reasonable test for the purpose of discovering
tuberculosis to any cow whose milk is or was recently being supplied within
the county, shall be defrayed by them as expenses incurred in the execution of
this Act in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained, provided that
no such test shall be applied except with the previous consent of the owner of
such cow.
34.—The powers conferred upon the council by this part of this Act may
be carried into execution by a committee of the council formed in accordance
with and subject to the provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the Diseases of
Animals Act, 1894, except that the committee shall wholly consist of members
of the council.
35.—It shall be lawful for the corporation or their medical officer to exercise
concurrently with the council or their medical officer within the City of
London such of the powers by this part of this Act conferred upon the
council or their medical officer, as the case may be, as are exercise able within
the said city, and the council and the corporation may enter into and carry
into effect agreements and arrangements with respect to the exercise of such
powers as aforesaid.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL LOWERS) ACT. 1907.
7 Edw. 7, Ch. clxxv.
Part V.— Cleansing of Verminous Persons.
36.— (1) The medical officer, or any person provided with and, if required,
exhibiting the authority in writing of the medical officer, may, in any school
within the county provided or maintained by the council as the local education
authority, examine the person and clothing of any child attending such school,
and, if on examination the medical officer or any such authorised person as
aforesaid shall be of opinion that the person or clothing of any such child is
infested with vermin, or is in a foul or filthy condition, the medical officer
may give notice in writing to the parent, or guardian, or other person who is
liable to maintain, or has the actual custody, of such child, requiring such
parent, guardian, or other person to cleanse properly the person and clothing
of such child within twenty-four hours after the receipt of such notice.
(2) If the person to whom any such notice as aforesaid is given fail to comply
therewith within the prescribed time the medical officer, or same person
provided with, and, if required exhibiting the authority in writing of the
medical officer may remove the child referred to in such notice from any school,
and may cause the person and clothing of such child to be properly cleansed in
suitable" premises and with suitable appliances and, if necessary for that purpose,
may without any warrant other than this Act convey to such premises and
there detain such child until such cleansing is effected.
37.—(1) If the medical officer or any person provided with and, if required,
exhibiting the authority in writing of the medical officer has reason to suspect
that the person or clothing of any inmate of any common lodging-house within
the county (elsewhere than in the City of London) is infested with vermin, or