404 VETERINARY HYGIENE 



Insurance (Health) Acts. Provision is made for the transference of other 

 powers. 



It shall be lawful to establish consultative councils for giving, in accordance 

 with the provisions of this Order, advice and assistance to the Board in connec- 

 tion with such matters affecting or incidental to the health of the people in 

 Scotland as may be referred to in this Order. Every such council shall include 

 persons of both sexes, and shall consist of persons having practical experience 

 of the matters referred to the council, and due regard shall be had in constituting 

 them to any special interests (including those of local authorities and labour) 

 which may be involved. 



PUBLIC HEALTH (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1897. 



This is an Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Public 

 Health in Scotland. 



The following excerpts are of interest to the veterinary profession: 



Definitions. "Board" means the Local Government Board for Scotland. 

 " Medical officer of health " and " medical officer " mean a legally qualified 

 medical practitioner appointed by the local authority under the Burgh Police 

 (Scotland) Act, 1892, or under the Acts repealed by this Act or under this Act. 

 " Sanitary inspector " means a sanitary inspector appointed by the local authority 

 under the Burgh Police Act, &c. "Veterinary surgeon" and "qualified veteri- 

 nary surgeon" mean a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 " Knacker," a person whose business it is to kill any horse, ass, mule or cattle 

 not killed for the purpose of flesh being used as butchers' meat; "knacker's 

 yard," any building or place used for the purpose of such business. " Slaughterer 

 of cattle or horses " means a person whose business it is to kill any description 

 of cattle or horses, asses or mules, for the purpose of the flesh being used as 

 butchers' meat; and the expression "slaughterhouse" means any building or 

 place used for the purpose of such business. An " author of a nuisance " 

 means the person through whose act or default the nuisance is caused, exists, 

 or is continued, whether he be the owner or occupier or both. " Cattle " means 

 bulls, cows, oxen, heifers and calves, and includes sheep, goats and swine. The 

 word " dairy " includes any farm, farmhouse, cowshed, milk store, milk shop 

 or other place from which milk is supplied, or in which milk is kept for the 

 purpose of sale. " Dairyman " includes any cowkeeper, purveyor of milk, or 

 occupier of a dairy. The word " burial " includes cremation. The expressions 

 "day" and "daytime" mean between nine o'clock in the morning and six 

 o'clock in the evening. 



Authorities for Execution of Act. The Local Government Board for 

 Scotland is the central authority. 



The Board has power to inquire into the sanitary condition of a district 

 upon written application by a parish council, or ten ratepayers, or upon the 

 report of any of the inspecting officers of the Board. 



The Board may, whenever it may seem fitting to them, authorise and 

 empower for a limited time one of the members thereof to conduct any special 

 inquiry in any part of Scotland. 



Local Authorities. The following are the local authorities to execute the 

 Act: 



(a) In burghs subject to the provisions of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 

 1892, the town council or burgh commissioners. 



(6) In other burghs the town council or board of police. 



(c) In districts where the county is divided into districts under the Local 

 Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, and, subject to the provisions of section 

 17 of that Act, as amended by this Act, the district committee. 



(d) In counties where the county is not so divided, the county council, 

 subject to the provisions of sec. 78, subsec. 3 of the L.G. (S.) A., 1889, as 

 amended by sec. 19, subsec. 7, of the L.G. (S.) A., 1894. 



The local authority shall appoint a medical officer, or medical officers, of 

 health and a sanitary inspector, or inspectors, the latter of whom shall be also 

 inspector of common lodging-houses, and the local authority shall, subject to 



