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SUGGESTED AMENDMENT OF THE RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911.
The Rag Flock Act, 1911, aims at securing a standard of cleanliness in regard to
any rag flock used in the manufacture of any article of upholstery, cushions or
bedding, &c.
So far as the City of London is concerned the Act is of little importance, as rag
flock is rarely if ever used by City firms of upholsterers. Such firms as deal in
bedding and bedding materials do so mainly by description or samples, and any
remaking undertaken by City houses is usually sent elsewhere for execution.
Considerable difficulty appears to be experienced in some districts, however, by the
fact that the Act as it at present stands does not apply to "remakes." This is a serious
omission and one of considerable importance to some neighbouring authorities which
number among their traders a large percentage of upholstering firms.
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, too, experienced difficulty in this
direction, and during the year approached the Corporation with a view to urging upon
His Majesty's Government the need of amending the Act to bring "remakes" within
its scope.
PROPRIETARY FOODS FOR INFANT FEEDING.*
The details of this most interesting report formed the subject of an extended
reference in the printed monthly report of your Medical Officer of Health of
date 29th September, No. 181.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
The following is a Statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors in their
several Districts during each month of the year:—

*Reports to the Local Government Board:—
1. On the use of Proprietary Foods for Infant Feeding, by Dr. F. J. H. Coutts.
2. On the Analysis and Composition of some Proprietary Foods for Infants, by Mr. Julian L. Baker, F.I.C.