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unsound and diseased food.
One case of diphtheria occurred at a dairy, and 3 cases of scarlet fever, and 1 of
diphtheria in the families of milk carriers. Suitable precautions were taken in each case, and
there was no conveyance of infection therefrom by the milk.
Ice-cream Making.
For the purpose of duly enforcing the provisions of Part VIII of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, a special Register of all makers and vendors of this
commodity is kept. At the end of 1909 there were 120 names on the Register, 4 were
removed during the past year and none added, leaving 116 on the Register at the close of the
year. The businesses with which the ice-cream trade is combined, are indicated below—
Sweet shops ... 58 Newspapers and Tobacco... 2
Bakers ... 24 Confectioners ... ... 4
Milk ... ... 4 Cook ... ... ... 1
Restaurants ... 15 General ... ... 8
In addition to 4 barrow-men residing in the Borough, 10 others have regular pitches in
the Borough, the proprietors residing in—
Kensington ... 5 Marylebone ... 4 Willesden ... 1.
UNSOUND AND DISEASED FOOD.
The appended statement, including 2,093 lbs. of foodstuffs destroyed, is additional to the
amount dealt with in the slaughterhouses. The inclement summer was doubtless responsible
for some of the decrease in the amount destroyed, and certainly for the smaller amount dealt
with at the request of the G.W.R., 140 lbs. last year, as compared with 1,351 lbs. in 1909.
Meat (Butchers' Shops):—
Carcase of Bullock, and 3 pairs of lungs ... ... ... Tuberculous.
Rabbits' Liver ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Parasitic.
Fish:—Haddocks, 56 lbs. Cod, 126 lbs. Mackerel, 30 lbs. Decomposed.
Vegetables and Fruit:—Apples ... 140 lbs. Cherries ... 68 lbs.
Tomatoes ... 144 „ Currants ... 10 „
Strawberries 221 ,,
Summary.
Meat ... 1,158 lbs. Per G.W.R. Co.,
Fish ... 212 „ Pickled Herrings ... 140 lbs.
Vegetables ... 583 „
Grand Total ... 2,093 lbs.
1,953 „
FOOD ADULTERATION.
There was again a slight increase in the proportion of adulterated samples last year, 54
out of a total of 600 (equal to 9.0 percent.) being reported adulterated. In the years 1905-09
the proportions were 6.5, 10.2, 9.2 2.6 and 8.6 per cent. A list of the samples taken, with
numbers and proportions of those found to be adulterated, is given in Table 49.