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REPORT OF ADMINISTRATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS, 1912.
Report for the year ended 31st December, 1919.
1.—Milk ; and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream.
(a) Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. (b) Number in which a preservative was reported to be present.
Milk 314 —
Cream — —
Nature of preservative in each case in column (b), and action taken under the
regulations in regard to it.
2.—Cream sold as Preserved Cream.
(a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to ascertain
if the statements on the label as to preservatives were correct.
(i.) Correct statements made 2
(ii.) Statements incorrect —
Total 2
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream.
(i.) Above 35 per cent. 2
(ii.) Below 35 per cent. —
Total 2
(c) Instances were (apart from analysis) the requirements as to labelling or
declaration of preserved cream in Article V. (1) and the proviso in
Article V. (2) of the Regulations have not been observed Nil
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have not been complied
with, and action taken Nil
3.—Thickening substances.—Any evidence of their addition to cream or to
preserved cream—None.
4.—Observations.—None.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918—The matter of the provision of
milk and food free, or at a reduced rate to mothers and children, is referred to somewhat
at length under the head of Maternity and Child Welfare. It may be noted
here, however, that so long ago as April, 1917, the Public Health Committee, having
been approached by the St. Marylebone Health Society, who had seen the necessity
and undertaken to make provision, but found the work and the financial burden
greater than they could bear, recommended the Council to relieve the Society and to
continue to grant assistance. The Council endorsed the recommendation and the
Local Government Board having indicated that any expenditure for this purpose
would be regarded as part of the expenses incurred in connection with the Maternity
and Child Welfare Scheme, the work of the Society in this direction was continued.
The date of the taking over was 25th May, 1918, prior to the coming into operation
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, which permitted Local Authorities
to supply milk and food provided the Local Government Board approved. It was
prior also, of course, to the various Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders of the Local
Government Board, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Food. The additional
powers granted by these various measures have been fully taken advantage of by the
Council. The money expended for the purpose increased from £165 17s. Id. during
the financial year ending 31st March, 1918, to £694 6s. at 31st March, 1919, and
£2,728 15s. 6d. at 31st March, 1920.