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THIS work presents a general view of the powers and duties of Local Authorities in relation to public health, and since the material has been compiled by one who, while he is a prominent sanitarian is also a barrister-at-law, the fact that the work is good and trustworthy, and leaves but little to be desired, goes without saying. The only point upon which there is any scope for adverse criticism is that the review of sanitary legislation appears to be, in places, a little too cursory, and in consequence some important material is a trifle too hurriedly passed over. To indicate one such instance:—There is some important material contained in the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders of 1885 and 1886 which is not given, and with which the health-officer is directly concerned. Sections 10, 11, and 12 of the 1885 Order are omitted; and no one will question their right to be fully included within any serviceable abstract of the Crder, since they deal specifically with certain well recognised sources of contamination, against which it is necessary to guard the milk in those places where it is stored or kept for sale.
Lectures on Sanitary Law.
By A. Wynter Blyth (Macmillan and Co. 1893.)
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Lectures on Sanitary Law. Nature 48, 246 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048246b0
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