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principle involved, and the Committee directed that a communication
be forwarded to the Government in support of
the action taken by the City of Westminster.
4. From the Camberwell Borough Council (16th April)
stating that they had had under consideration a report from
their Bacteriologist with reference to the bacteriological
examinations of milk and butter for tuberculosis, and had
decided to make a representation to the President of the
Board of Agriculture with a view of obtaining the insertion
of the following Clauses in the Adulterated Butter Bill,
which was then before the House of Commons:—
(a) The provisions of the Sale of Food ani Drugs Acts, 1875 to
1899, shall apply to samples of milk or butter which shall be proved
to contain bacteria capable of producing disease in man, but no
prosecution shall lie under this Section unless the seller shall have
been informed at the time of purchase that such sample was, or
samples were, intended for bacteriological examination, and no
sanitary authority shall undertake any prosecution under this Section
except upon the certificate of a bacteriologist, who shall be a
registered medical practitioner, and possessed of qualifications
satisfactory to the Board of Agriculture (Local Government Board).
(b) In any prosecution under the preceding Section the certificate
of a bacteriologist duly qualified and appointed shall be accepted
as evidence in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were
a public analyst appointed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
1875 to 1899. Provided always that it shall be lawful for any sanitary
authority to appoint as bacteriologist its public analyst, being
a registered medical practitioner, and possessed of qualifications
satisfactory to the Board of Agriculture (Local Government Board).
and asking your Council to support their action. The
Committee concurred in the action taken by the Camberwell
Borough Council, and directed that a communication be
addressed to the President of the Board of Agriculture in
support of such action.
5. From the Metropolitan Asylums Board (2nd April)
stating that the Ambulance Committee had under consideration
a proposal that the operation of the Board's Ambulance
service should be extended so as to permit of the ambulance
carriages being placed at the disposal of the public for the
conveyance in London of medical and surgical cases, and of
persons of unsound mind. The Asylums Board stated that