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The powers conferred were in addition to, and not in derogation ot, those contained
in existing Acts of Parliament, and the appointment of a local Smoke Abatement
authority within the district of a defaulting local sanitary authority would not deprive
the latter authority of the right to act under their original powers, and there is
considerable possibility that such dual control and inspection would have created
difficulties and perhaps friction.
The Bill was dropped after the first reading.
MILK AND DAIRIES BILL.
The principles outlined in this Bill were good, and in the main agreed with the
views that have from time to time been placed before your Worshipful Committee.
It was a long-expected measure, which aimed at the control of the production
and distribution of milk by the application to the whole kingdom of certain powers
that have been obtained by some of the large towns in respect of this matter,
especially in regard to the relation to Tuberculosis.
The main objects of the Bill, as given in a Memorandum attached thereto, were to
provide for:—
(1) The more effective registration of dairies and dairymen.
(2) The inspection of dairies and the examination of cows therein and
the examination of the milk.
(3) The prohibition of the supply of milk from a dairy where such supply
has caused or would be likely to cause infectious diseases, including Tuberculosis,
(4) The prevention of the sale of tuberculous milk.
(5) The regulation of the importation of milk so as to prevent danger to
public health arising therefrom.
(6) The issue of regulations for securing the supply of pure and wholesome
milk.
(7) The establishment by local authorities in populous places of milk
depots for the sale of milk specially prepared for infants.
The difficulty that has arisen in regard to the registration of a "purveyor of milk "
under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders may be here referred to.
It will be within the recollection of your Worshipful Committee that in the case of
Spiers and Pond, Limited, v. Green, it was held that the occupiers of a refreshment
buffet and restaurant at a railway station, who sell milk in small quantities to customers
for consumption on the premises, and who obtain their milk from a wholesale firm which
guarantees its purity, do not carry on the trade of "purveyors of milk," and do
not require to be registered as purveyors of milk under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Orders, 1885.
As bearing on this point, it is of interest to note the definitions of "dairy" and
"dairyman." These are as follows: "The expression 'dairy' includes any farm,
"farmhouse, cowshed, milk store, milk shop, or other place from which milk is supplied