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being canned or tinned, and shall be canned or tinned under
strict hygienic conditions;
(b) That it shall be unlawful to sell, for any purpose,
canned or tinned goods that are unfit for human consumption
(including those cans or tins which are known in the
trade as "doubt fuls"), and it shall be the duty of any person
or persons in possession of unsound canned or tinned goods
to surrender them to the Local Sanitary Authority, who
shall destroy the same free of charge;
(c) That the use of preservatives in canned or tinned
foods, being unnecessary, shall not, in any circumstances
be permitted.
(d) That the date of canning or tinning, together with the
name of the canner or tinner, and the place of canning or
tinning, shall be impressed on all cans or tins.
The Council also decided in 1906 to support the Public Health
(Regulations as to Food) Bill, which was introduced into Parliament
by the President of the Local Government Board.*
II.—Water.
No sample of water was examined during 1906.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
During 1900 there have been made 560 special observations
and enquiries in connection with smoke abatement throughout
the Borough, as compared with 600, 540, 720, 679 and 620
during 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902 and 1901 respectively. This is
an important duty, and one that a Sanitary Authority is right
in carrying out rigorously.
* This Bill has since been withdrawn.