THE RESOLUTIONS 447 



sidering that infant blindness and other congenital defects 

 are in many cases due to the same cause, the English- 

 speaking Conference on Infant Mortality urges the 

 respective Governments of the countries therein repre- 

 sented each to appoint a Commission to inquire into the 

 causes and prevalence, the provision of treatment, and the 

 possibility of the prevention of these diseases." 



" That the attention of the Board of Education be drawn 

 to the extreme desirability of making the grant earned by 

 ' recognized ' Infant Welfare Centres depend in future on 

 their efficiency, on the number of registered attendances of 

 the mothers at consultations, classes and talks; and on the 

 number of home visits paid under adequate supervision." 



Dr. CHALMERS read the following resolution: "That it 

 be referred to the Executive Committee to take whatever 

 steps are necessary in order to secure that no microscopical 

 examination of milk for tubercle bacilli, provided it ; s 

 negative, be accepted as final without confirmation by inocu- 

 lation tests." Dr. Chalmers said the resolution was sub- 

 mitted because it was argued that in many parts of the 

 country it was sufficient to microscopically examine a sample 

 of milk and to declare it free from tubercle bacilli. The sug- 

 gestion of the Executive Committee was that they should 

 consider what steps should be taken to ensure that an opinion 

 of that sort should invariably be supported by inoculation 

 tests. 



The resolution was carried. 



The CHAIRMAN : I think a further resolution might be 

 submitted following on the discussion in regard to the ques- 

 tion of the milk supply. The Milk Bill has been before us, 

 so to speak, for a great number of years, and I am afraid 

 that it has been so often before us that we can hardly believe 

 that it will ever actually become an Act, but I think that 

 this Conference should pass a resolution urging that the 

 Milk Bill should be presented to Parliament, and passed with 

 as little delay as possible. Is it the wiph of the Conference 

 that we pass such a resolution? 



A DELEGATE said he would like to ask the Chairman 

 whether he could inform the Conference as to why a non- 

 contentious measure of that sort should be withdrawn. 

 Quite obviously it ought not to be contentious, for surely 

 Liberal, Tory, and Socialist all agreed that we ought to 

 have pure milk. Having arrived at that point, he would 

 like to know why the Government had had to abandon the 

 measure this year. 



The CHAIRMAN : It is quite beyond my province to answer 

 that question. All we can do is to pass a resolution which 



