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(4) The making of Bye-laws by every Local Authority, and the penalty
for non-compliance with any bye-law so made, is one not exceeding £5, and £2
per day for a continuing offence. The licence may also be revoked.
When a licence is refused by the Local Authority, appeal is allowed to the Local
Government Board.
The Local Authority in the case of the City is the Mayor, Aldermen and
Councillors of the City in Common Council assembled.
Generally, the Bill was one that merited approval, and the clause providing for the
licensing of the actual killer was an especially wise provision, the principle of which has
been agreed to by the Sanitary Committee, but rejected by the Court of Common
Council.
Under the existing law, there is in many districts no adequate control over
slaughterhouses, and in some areas there is no attempt made to control this business
at all.
The slaughterhouse plays an exceedingly important part in the condition
of meat foods as presented to the public, and much obviously depends upon the manner
in which the business is conducted, and it is a matter of regret, that a measure aiming
at an uniform system of licensing and regulating has been dropped.
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911.
The Rag Flock Act, placed on the Statute Book during the year, makes it an
offence for any person to sell, or have in his possession, or to use for the purpose of
making any article of upholstery, cushions, or bedding, any flock manufactured from
rag, unless such flock conforms to a standard of cleanliness to be prescribed by
regulations, to be hereafter made by the Local Government Board.
Contravention of the Act, renders any person summarily convicted liable to a penalty
not exceeding, in the case of a first offence, ten pounds, or in the case of a second or
subsequent offence, fifty pounds.
Provision is made for the protection of any person who purchased the flock under
a warranty, that it complied with the prescribed standard of cleanliness, and who took
reasonable steps to ascertain, and did in fact believe in the accuracy of the statement
contained in the warranty.
For the purposes of this Act, the Corporation of London is defined as the Local
Authority in the City.
Dr. J. M. HAMILL'S REPORT to the Local Government Board on the
presence of Calcium Sulphate in Baking Powder and Self-raising
Flour.
The attention of the Local Government Board has in recent years been repeatedly
directed by Public Analysts and others interested in the food supply of the community
to the fact that certain baking powders and self-raising flours have been found to
contain considerable percentages of calcium sulphate, which substance is not generally
considered to form an indispensable ingredient to these articles.