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October, the premises having been kept in a satisfactory Condition.
Agreeably to the request of the Metropolitan Board of
Works, the Vestry's Sanitary Officers have been instructed to
note and report any milkshops or dairies which are not registered
under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order
1885. The Vestry, however, entertain a strong opinion that
it is advisable to transfer the adminstration of this Order and
of the Regulations made in pursuance thereof, from the
Metropolitan Board of Works to the Local Sanitary Authorities,
inasmuch as the latter are already charged with the
administration of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, which
relate to the quality of the article sold, and of the Acts relating
to the Public Health which apply to the condition of the
premises.
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION FOR NON-PAUPER
CASES.
The Vestry have accepted, in principle, the form of
agreement which the Metropolitan Asylums Board have submitted,
for the reception and treatment in the Board's Hospitals
of any patients suffering from infectious disease who
may be sent on the order of the Medical Officer ofHealth. The
persons contemplated by this Agreement are those who are in
a position to pay for their own treatment and maintenance,
but whose removal to hospital is desirable either for their
own comfort or the protection of inmates in the same house
or in close proximity thereto. The Vestry conceive it to be
the duty of a Sanitary Authority to adopt all practicable precautions
against the outbreak or spread of disease, including
the isolation or removal of patients where necessary, and they
therefore do not share the objection to the agreement which
has been raised by some of the local authorities in the Metropolis.