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the serious danger likely to arise to public health if the quality
was not materially improved. The last named Company
supply water in this Borough, and your Medical Officer
reported that in his opinion the reports above referred to
were serious, and that steps should be taken to prevent the
recurrence, if possible, of such contamination. The Committee
directed that the attention of the London County
Council be called to the reports, and that they be requested
to take such steps as they should consider necessary to
prevent the recurrence of the contamination of the water on
occasions of excessive rain and flooding of the sources from
which the supply was obtained.
7. From the Bermondsey Borough Council (15th
October) stating that they had had under consideration a
report of their Public Health Committee with reference to
the question of warranties given under Section 25 of the
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and in connection therewith
the provisions in Section 20, Sub-Section 5, of the Sale
of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, and that they had passed the
following resolution thereon:—
"That the attention of the Local Government
"Board be called to the difficult and anomalous
"position of local authorities in regard to the use
"or abuse of warranties, and that the Board be
"urged to promote legislation to put the law in a
"clear and more equitable position."
and asking the Council to support their action in the matter.
The Town Clerk and your Medical Officer reported that the
question of "warranty" in prosecutions under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts had been a difficult one, and that they
were of opinion that the subject should receive the attention
of the Local Government Board, as suggested by the
Bermondsey Borough Council. The Council concurred in
the suggestion that legislation should be promoted to put