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Board of Works for the St. Sabiour's District.
REPORT .OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BOARD
FOR THE YEAR 1890-91,
BY
THE CLERK, SURVEYOR, ANALYST, MEDICAL
OFFICER AND INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
Also Account in Abstract of Sums received and expended by
the Board during the Year.
Printed in accordance with Section 198 of the Metropolis
Local Management Act (18 and 19 Vict., cap. 120), and ordered
to be circulated among the inhabitants of the District.
The Infections Disease (Prevention)Act, 1890.
This Act received the Royal Assent on the 4th August,
1890, mid was directed to extend to every London district
after the expiration of four months from the passing thereof. (Prevention)
It is supplementary to and an adjunct of the Infectious Disease
(Notification) Act, 1889, and applies to the diseases
mentioned, or which may by certain process be included in
that Act, and extends very considerably the powers of the
Board in regard to the inspection of dairies and milk shops;
the cleansing and disinfection of premises; the detention and
removal of dead bodies, and other sanitary matters. Section
4 provides that where the Medical Officer of Health is in
possession of evidence that any person in the district is
suffering from infectious disease attributable to milk supplied
within the district from any dairy situate within or without
the same, or that the consumption of milk from such dairy is
likely to cause infectious disease to any person residing in the
district, the Medical Officer shall, with the authority of a
Justice, have power to inspect such dairy; and, if accompanied
by a veterinary inspector or surgeon, to inspect the animals
therein, and if he is of opinion and reports that infectious
disease is caused from consumption of the milk supplied