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quantity of milk so entirely deficient in the
dietetical constituents of this food, that those
who use it are not only cheated out of their
money but their food.
Overcrowding.
By the 35th Section of the Sanitary Act of 1866,
it is enacted that “On application to one of Her
“ Majesty's Municipal Secretaries of State, by the
“ nuisance authority of the City of London, or any
“ district or parish included within the Act for the
“ better Local Government of the Metropolis, or
“ of any Municipal Borough, or of any place under
“ the Local Government Act 1858, or any Local
“ Improvement Act, or of any city or town
“ containing, according to the census for the time
“ being in force, a population of not less than 5,000
“ inhabitants, the Secretary of State, may, as he
“ may think fit, by notice to be published in the
“ London Gazette, declare the following enactment
“ to be in force in the district of such Nuisance
“ Authority, and from and after the publication of
“ such notice, the Nuisance Authority shall be
“ empowered to make regulations for the following
“ matters.”—
1. The fixing the number of inhabitants in
houses let in lodgings.