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MILK ADULTERATION.
Fifteen formal samples were reported against the percentage of
adulteration being 15.30. Of these fifteen samples one was deficient
in milk fat and fourteen contained extraneous water.
No infringements of the MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT were recorded
during the year or of the various orders under the AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCE (GRADING AND MARKING) ACT 1928.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK.
Number of samples submitted for examination-
Pasteurised milk 27
Tuberculin tested 1
All graded milks complied with the standards laid down in the
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.
EXAMINATION OF MILK FOR THE PRESENCE OF TUBERCLE BACILLI.
Five Samples of raw milk were examined by means of the animal
test for the presence of tubercle bacillus, with negative results.
BAKEHOUSES.
The number of bakehouses on the register at the end of the year
was 68 overground and 29 underground.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTION.
Street Markets Inspections 2078
FOOD PLACES- Inspections:
Bakehouses 112
Fish Curers Premises 81
Fried Fish Shops 154
Ice Cream Premises 331
Restaurants and Eating Houses 224
SANITARY INSPECTION.
No. of complaints received 1516
Inspections under Shops Act, 1934 386
„ „ Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 174
„ of Milkahops 516
Factories Act, 1937:-
No. of inspections of Factories 221
„ „ „ „ Outworkers' Premises 219
Intimations served 7
No. of Intimations., P.H. (London) Act, 1936 1105
„ „ Statutory Notices 141
„ „ Reinspections (all Enactments) 10140
Total number of visits 15326
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