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Fulham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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33
MILK
Sale of Milk Regulations. 1939
During the year under review, four-hundred and
sixty samples of milk were purchased by the Sampling Officer
for chemical analysis by the Public Analyst. Of these
three-hundred and thirty-six were purchased from milk
vendors in the streets of the Borough during the early
delivery, seventy-three were purchased on Sundays and fortyseven
were taken at the early morning delivery to hospitals
in the Borough.

Table: During 1949, one-thousand three-hundred and twenty-eight Certificates of Condemnation were issued by the Food Inspectors relating to the undermentioned unsound articles of food:-

During 1949, one-thousand three-hundred and twenty-eight Certificates of Condemnation were issued by the Food Inspectors relating to the undermentioned unsound articles of food:-

Meat13,567 lbs
Fish406 stone
Tinned Goods12,804 tins
Potatoes17 cwt
Poultry & Game3,884 lbs
Other Food10,121 lbs

Table: Every complaint is Investigated and reported to the Public Health Committee. In twenty-four cases, the complaint was brought to the notice of the persons responsible by letter, whilst in three instances legal proceedings were instituted with the following results:-

Every complaint is Investigated and reported to the Public Health Committee. In twenty-four cases, the complaint was brought to the notice of the persons responsible by letter, whilst in three instances legal proceedings were instituted with the following results:-

No.OffenceFineCosts
1.Cigarette end in Loaf£15£5.5s.0d.
2.String in Loaf£10£8.8s.0d.
3.Cigarette end in Doughnut£1£1.1s.0d.