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straw which is landed at a Foreign Animals Wharf for the purpose of being there 

 destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with any instructions given 

 by the B. of A. ; or, hay or straw which is authorised to be landed for use other- 

 wise than as fodder or litter for animals by a licence granted through the B. of A., 

 which licence will contain such conditions as are necessary to prevent the 

 introduction of disease by the hay or straw. 



MARKETS AND SALES ORDER OF 1910. 



Regulation of Markets and Sales. Prohibits the holding of any market or 

 sale upon any market-place, sale-j^ard, highway, or other premises, until after 

 the expiration of 15 days from the date of the previous one, unless the premises, 

 or part thereof sufficient to accommodate the number of animals usually exposed 

 at such a sale, are so paved with cement, concrete, asphalt, or other impervious 

 material, so as to permit of the same being cleansed by washing. This does not 

 apply to the holding of a lawful fair on two or more consecutive days. This 

 order also provides for the cleansing and disinfection of markets and their 

 fittings, &c., after each sale (see Diseases of Animals (Disinfection) Order, 1906). 



THE WATER SUPPLY ON RAILWAYS ORDER, 1895. 



By this Order the railway companies working the railways specified in the 

 Schedule attached to the Order are required to provide water, to the satisfaction 

 of the B. of A., at each of the stations named in the Schedule for animals 

 carried or about to be carried or having been carried on the railways. 



IMPORTATION (RAW TONGUES) ORDER, 1913. 



Any box or other receptacle and any packing material in which raw bovine 

 tongues shall be brought to Great Britain from any country out of the United 

 Kingdom which is not mentioned in the Schedule attached to this Order shall, 

 after the tongues have been removed therefrom, forthwith be destroyed by fire 

 by the owner of the tongues at the time of removal, and shall not be permitted 

 to come in contact with any animal. 



MINISTRY OF HEALTH ACT, 1919. 



This is "An Act to establish a Ministry of Health to exercise in England 

 and Wales powers with respect to Health and Local Government, and confer 

 upon the Chief Secretary certain powers with respect to Health in Ireland and 

 for purposes connected therewith." 



It provides for the appointment of a Minister of Health. The duty of the 

 Minister is to take all such steps as may be desirable to secure the preparation, 

 effective carrying out and co-ordination of measures conducive to the health of 

 the people, including measures for the prevention and cure of disease, the 

 avoidance of fraud in connection with alleged remedies therefor, the treatment 

 of physical and mental defects, the treatment and care of the blind, the initiation 

 and direction of research, the collection, preparation, publication, and dissemina- 

 tion of information and statistics relating thereto, and the training of persons 

 for health services. 



The Minister of Health takes over all the powers and duties of the Local 

 Government Board, of the Insurance Commissioners and the Welsh Commis- 

 sioners and all the powers of the Board of Education with respect to attending 

 to the health of expectant mothers and nursing mothers, and of children who 

 have not attained the age of five years and are not in attendance at schools 

 recognised by the Board of Education; all the powers and duties of the Board 

 of Education with respect to the medical inspection and treatment of children 

 and young persons with certain provisions;, all the powers of the Privy 

 Council and of the Lord President of the Council under the Midwives Acts 

 of 1902 and 1918, and such powers of supervising the administration of Part I. 

 of the Children Act, 1908 (which relates to infant life protection), as have before 



