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Council's veterinary inspector. The practice of the Council, therefore, so far as
bovine animals in London are concerned, will be modified only to a slight extent by
the operation of the Order.
Under the Order, local authorities will receive from the Treasury 75 per cent.
of the gross cost of compensation. The Diseases of Animals Act, 1925, legalises
the payment of Exchequer grant, and for the purposes thereof no deduction is to be
made in respect of any sum received by the local authority from the sale of carcases.
Following previous practice, the Council proposes to require that the whole carcase
of any diseased animal shall be destroyed so that none of it shall be used for human
consumption.
The Council approved the necessary arrangements for putting the Order into
operation, and appointed Mr. A. E. Dunbar, veterinary inspector in the publichealth
department, as a veterinary inspector under the Order.
Milkshops
and dairies.
The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, came into operation on 1st
September, 1925, and under section 1 of that Act the Minister of Health is authorised
to issue Orders on many matters designed to secure the protection of milk against
infection or contamination, etc. Section 21 (3) of the Act provides for the repeal
at the end of one year after the coming into operation of the Act of so much of any
local Act as relates to any of the matters dealt with by any of the provisions of the
general Act. Part IV. of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907,
under which the Council has exercised powers with regard to the taking and examination
of samples of milk will therefore continue in operation only until 31st August,
1926, and the position arising will then call for consideration. The bulk of the
Act, so far as London is concerned, falls to be administered by the metropolitan
borough councils.
Greengrooery.
Consideration was given to the question of the possible risks to public health
of the present methods of exposing greengrocery for sale, and the Council decided
to ask the Minister of Health to consider, in connection with the issue of any future
regulations relating to the sale of food, the advisability of dealing with the conditions
under which greengrocery (particularly fruit and vegetables which are eaten
uncooked) is stored before sale and subsequently exposed or offered for sale either in
shops or on street stalls or barrows.
Appeal
Committee.
The Appeal Committee are the statutory appeal committee under the Metropolis
Management Act, 1855, section 212. The Committee also hear and decide all appeals
made to the Council under any other Act of Parliament (except appeals under section
20 (5) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, against decisions of the Public
Health Committee). Six appeals were heard during the year 1925. Of these, twowere
allowed and four were dismissed.
London
health
services.
A deputation from the Council was received by the Minister of Health on
8th June, 1925, in support of the undermentioned resolutions of the Council of
17th March, 1925—
That, in the opinion of the Council, the undermentioned matters in connection
with London health services call for action by the Government—
(i.) The need for settlement of the arrangements for the future administration
of Poor Law medical services.
(ii.) The consideration, in relation to (i.) above, of the question whether,
in the event of the health functions of the London Poor Law authorities being
transferred substantially on the lines indicated in the Maclean report, it would
be desirable that hospitals or infirmaries drawing patients from local areas
should be locally managed.
(iii.) The need for amendment, in matters of administrative detail, off
Part I. (Infant Life Protection) of the Children Act, 1908.
(iv.) The need for amendment of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.