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The smell arising from fried fish shops is often objectionable. I always
insist on a hood being constructed over the fire with a flue to carry off the
fumes. Carelessness is often responsible for the offensive odour emitted, as the
nuisance is aggravated if sufficient oil is not added to the pan whilst cooking,
and the oil is allowed to be burnt. The fish itself is bought in Billingsgate
Market, where it is inspected previous to being sold. It is usually cooked on
the same day and it does not therefore often turn bad.
In conclusion, I have no hesitation in assuring you that the officials of the
Public Health Department are fully alive to the dangers lurking in diseased
and unsound food, and that they take full advantage of the powers conferred
by the various Acts of Parliament. As I have indicated in this report, these
powers are deficient in many directions and I think now is the time that they
ought to be materially strengthened.
Resolutions approved by the Borough Council on the recommen
dation of the Public Health Committee:—
(A) Milk.
1. That the London County Council should be empowered to make
regulations to be enforced by the Metropolitan Borough Councils insisting on
the cleaniness of cows and of persons milking cows.
2. That a dairyman should be required to notify the Medical Officer of
Health of any cow suffering, or suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis or
ulceration of the udder, and that it should be an offence to sell the milk from
such a cow.
3. That the Metropolitan Borough Councils should be empowered to
require a dairyman to furnish upon demand to the Medical Officer of Health
of the Borough a list of the sources of his supply.
4. That the London County Council and the Metropolitan Borough
Councils should be authorised to prohibit the supply within their districts of
milk from any dairy (wherever situate) if the Medical Officers of Health are of
opinion that infectious disease or tuberculosis is caused or likely to be caused
by the consumption of such milk.
5. That the London County Council and the Metropolitan Borough
Councils should be empowered to compensate a milk vendor whose milk supply