[Report 1890] / Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association.
- Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association.
- Date:
- 1890
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Credit: [Report 1890] / Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![infection from the milk and flesh of cattle, and they are strongly of opinion that the law on the subject now in force does not adequately protect the public health. That your Petitioners have observed with satisfaction the introduction to your Honourable House of a Bill entitled the “ Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Bill,” the provisions of which relating to milk supply they regard as a necessary supplement to the existing law for the protection of the public against infectious diseases from cattle. That your Petitioners are of opinion that the other provisions of the Bill also are essential to the proper protection of the public against infectious disease. That your Petitioners desire humbly to suggest an amendment of clause 5 of the Bill by empowering Medical Officers of Health to examine cattle as well as inspect sheds, &c., in places beyond their districts from which there is reasonable cause for believing that infection is conveyed or likely to be conveyed to their districts by means of the milk or flesh of cattle. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that in view of the great importance to large towns like Manchester and Salford of complete protection against infectious disease, your Honourable House will pass into law the “ Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Bill.” And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. Signed on behalf of the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association. Arthur Ransome, M.D., M.A., F.R.S., Chairman of Committee. A. Emrys-Jones, M.D., M.R.C.S.,\jjQn gecg T. C. Abbott, I Fred Scott, Secretary. 44, John Dalton Street, Manchester, April 18th, 1890. [A Memorial in similar terms was sent to Mr. Chaplin, President of the Board of Agriculture.] Note.—For Petition re Tuberculosis see Appendix D. [Copy of letter to Mr. Lees Knowles, M.P.] Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association, 44, John Dalton Street, Manchester, April 19th, 1890. Dear Sir,—I beg to hand you copies of petitions to the House of Commons and Memorial to the President of the Board of Agriculture, which, in accordance with the suggestion contained in your letter of the 15th inst., were at once prepared and forwarded yesterday to Sir W. H. Houldsworth, M.P., for presentation.—I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, Fred Scott, Secretary. Lees Knowles, Esq., M.P., Westwood, Pendlebury. P.S.—I am sending to a dozen kindred societies inviting their support of this Association’s action.—F.S.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30085342_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
