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(d) Compensation to persons ceasing employment
through one of the above sections.
(e) Penalty for selling milk from diseased cows.
(f) Penalty on failing to isolate diseased cows.
(g) Obligation to notify cases of Tuberculosis.
(h) Power of Medical Officer to take samples of
milk.
(i) Power to inspect cows and take samples of milk.
Under No. 5, the Sale of Pood and Drugs Acts.
The obj ect of these acta is to prevent:—
(a) The mixing of injurious ingredients with any
article of food.
(b) The selling of any such article if of inferior
quality.
(c) The selling of any such article from which
abstractions have been made to effect its quality
in j uriously.
As Ilford is an urban district, the County Council
administers this Act in this di.^trict, and is the proper
authority to do so. The Council can also exercise all the
powers of the Act, but owing to the fines being paid over to
the County, they have decided not to incur the expense.
To Summarise :—
(1) The chemical standard of the Ilford milk, is, on the
whole, fairly good. Three out of the 25 samples beiug
below standard, or 12%.