View report page

8
Bearing on this point it will interest you to know that
Certified Grade A milk has recently been obtained at
an ordinary farm at Reading by experts using the
necessary cleanly methods, showing what a high standard
can be attained by vigilant care on the part of the milker
and the cowkeeper.
We must still peg away and insist upon the public
being served with the purest milk obtainable; at the
same time I think it fair to point out that Certified
Grade A milk cannot be produced under 8d. or 9d. per
quart.
LISTS OF ACTS ADOPTED IN WEMBLEY
URBAN DISTRICT.
1. Infectious Disease Prevention Act, 1890.
2. Public Health Acts, Amendment Act, 1890.
3. Public Health Acts, Amendment Act, 1907.
4. Private Street Works Act, 1892.
BYE-LAWS IN FORCE.
Common Lodging Houses; Slaughterhouses;
Nuisances, Cleansing of Earth Closets, Privies and
Ashpits; Houses Let in Lodgings, Pleasure Grounds and
Open Spaces; Offensive Trades; New Streets and
Buildings, Tents, Vans, Sheds, and similar structures
used for Human Habitation.
Regulations made under the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Order, 1885.
SCAVENGING.
Every house must be equipped with a suitably covered
portable dustbin. The refuse is removed by the Council
once a week. In November last your Engineer and Surveyor
presented an able report on the best methods for
the disposal of house refuse. The matter is still under
consideration.
CREMATION.
I regret to note that in spite of our continued low
death-rate so many of the grave spaces in the new cemetery
have been occupied already. It almost seems incredible
that the British, pioneers and enthusiasts in all sanitary
causes, should have permitted prejudice and sentiment
to delay the best-known method of disposal of the dead,
viz., Cremation.
In conclusion, Gentlemen, it always gives me pleasure
to place on record my great appreciation of the courtesy
shown by every member of the Council and every member
of the staff, and especially do I feel my thanks are
due to my loyal and efficient colleague, Mr. G. H. Fearn.