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The Act will undoubtedly prove beneficial in checking
the wholesale delivery of flock manufactured by the tearing
up of filthy rags in an apparatus called a " devil." Much
flock of this nature has been sold without any steps being
taken to sterilise it.
The enforcement of this Act is referred to earlier in my
report.
PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM)
REGULATIONS, 1912.
These regulations prohibit any preservative being added
to milk, or to cream which contains less than 35% by weight
of milk fat, at any stage from the place of production to
delivery to purchaser.
In the case of cream containing over this amount, the
addition of boric acid, borax, or peroxide of hydrogen is not
prohibited, but is subject to a system of declaration which is
required to be followed by all persons dealing with such
cream intended for human consumption. Thus, preserved
cream can at all stages be distinguished from cream to which
no preservative has been added.
The addition of any thickening substance to cream is
also prohibited.
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT.
This Act came into force on July 1st. A number of the
clauses in this Act directly affect the Public Health Department,
more particularly those relating to Sanitoria treatment
and the eradication of Tuberculosis, and those sections
dealing with insanitary conditions.
Section 63 is of far-reaching importance and gives
Approved Societies or Insurance Committees power to make
representation for compensation from Local Authorities concerned
if they can prove that the sickness in any district is
more than 10 per cent, above the average, provided that such
sickness can be proved to be due to insanitary property,
impure water supply, insanitary workrooms, &c., &c.
This is a section which all sanitary authorities will do
well to keep in mind.
In connection with the Tuberculosis provisions of the
Act, Order has followed Order in quick succession during the