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person liable to maintain the child, allows him to get into such a condition
that it is again necessary to proceed under this section, the parent, guardian,
or other person shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding
ten shillings.
(5) Where a local education authority give notice under this section to the
parent or guardian of, or other person liable to maintain a child, requiring him
to cleanse the person and clothing of the child, the authority shall also furnish
him with written instructions describing the manner in which the cleansing
may best be effected.
(6) The examination and cleansing of girls under this section shall only be
effected by a duly qualified medical practitioner or by a woman duly authorised
as herein-before provided.
(7) For the purposes of this section "medical officer'' means any officer
appointed for the purpose of section 13 of the Education (Administrative
Provisions) Act, 1907.
§ 2.—LOCAL ACTS.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1908.
Part II.—Sanitary Provisions.
Power to Sanitary Authorities to remove from or refuse to enter on Register Names
of Dairymen in certain circumstances.
5. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in "The Dairies, Cowsheds, and
Milkshops Order of 1885," or in any subsequent Order, any sanitary authority
may remove from the register kept by them of persons from time to time
carrying on in their district the trade of cow-keepers, dairymen, or purveyors
of milk, or may refuse to enter upon such register the name of any person
carrying on or proposing to carry on the trade of a dairyman or purveyor of
milk upon premises which are, in the opinion of such sanitary authority, for
any reason unsuitable for the sale of milk therein. Provided that for the
purposes of this Section premises shall not be deemed to be unsuitable for the
sale of milk therein on any ground inconsistent with the provisions or requirements
of any Order or Regulation made under any enactment for the time
being in force and applicable to such premises.
(2) Any person who thinks himself aggrieved by any decision of a sanitary
authority under the provisions of this Section may, at any time within twentyone
days from the date of such decision, appeal against the same to a Court of
Summary Jurisdiction, and if on any such appeal it shall appear to the Court
that the premises of the person appealing are in all respects suitable for the
sale of milk therein, the Court may make an order requiring such authority to
enter upon or restore in the register the name of such person.
Power to Sanitary Authorities to appoint Health Visitors.
6. (1) Any sanitary authority may on or at any time after the first day of
January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, appoint suitable women (to be