3i6 MILK AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH chap. 



with tubercle bacilli in milk, but they were clearly not framed 

 to include this definition, and it seems scarcely justifiable to 

 extend their original meaning to make them apply. 



The following recent Act gives powers for dealing with 

 imported milk : 



THE PUBLIC HEALTH (REGULATIONS AS TO FOOD) 

 ACT, 1907 



1. — (1) The power of making regulations under the Public 

 Health Act, 1896, and the enactments mentioned in that Act, shall 

 include the power of making regulations authorising measures to be 

 taken for the prevention of danger arising to pubhc health from 

 the importation, preparation, storage, and distribution of articles of 

 food or drink (other than drugs or water) intended for sale for 

 human consumption, and, without prejudice to the generality of 

 the powers so conferred, the regulations may — 



(it) Provide for the examination and taking of samples of any 

 such articles ; 



(b) Apply, as respects any matters to be dealt with by the 



regulations, any provision in any Act of Parliament deal- 

 ing with the like matters, with the necessary modifications 

 and adaptations ; 



(c) Provide for the recovery of any charges authorised to be 



made by the regulations for the purposes of the regula- 

 tions or any services performed thereunder. 



(2) For the purposes of regulations made under this Act, 

 articles commonly used for the food or drink of man shall be 

 deemed to be intended for sale for human consumption unless the 

 contrary is proved. 



(3) In the application of this Act to Scotland, Part IV. of the 

 Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, shall be substituted for the 

 Public Health Act, 1896. 



The legal enactments dealing with milk show the influence 

 of the progressive growth of epidemiological knowledge. The 

 earliest legislation classified milk with bread and meat, 

 apparently recognising no special dangers as appertaining to 

 milk, dealing with it as a food which, like other foods, 

 might be, on inspection, unsound or unwholesome. The Sale 

 of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, passed about the same time, 

 also recognised the necessity of protecting food from chemical 

 sophistication, but here again milk was not specifically differ- 

 entiated from other foods. The Amending Act of 1879 



