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Strand (Westminster) 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]

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23
OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER.
Inspection and Analysis of Food.

Table: The street markets have been inspected every day (including Sundays) and the following list shows the kind and quantity of the food-stuffs which has been condemned during the year :—

The street markets have been inspected every day (including Sundays) and the following list shows the kind and quantity of the food-stuffs which has been condemned during the year :—

Bananas482 cratesAsparagus42 bundles
Cherries17½ cwtCauliflowers2 crates
Figs25 basketsFrench Beans366 baskets
Lemons13 casesGarlic175 bags
Oranges56 „Potatoes57 cwt.
Peaches2½ cwtRabbi Tops74 bags
Pears29 „Rape Tops14 „
Plums167 „Radishes27 crates
Raspberries21 ,,Tomatoes246 boxes
Sloes24 boxesTurnip Tops462 bags
Strawberries9½ cwt

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This does not represent all the damaged food-stuffs disposed of,
as much refuse fruit and vegetables are collected in Covent
Garden Market in the special carts provided for the purpose.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—The Acts relating to the sale
of food and drugs have been systematically enforced throughout
the District as in former years under the supervision of your
Health Committee, and from the report of the Public Analyst
it will be seen that a large and varied number of articles have
been examined by him.
Departmental Committee on Milk and Cream.
The sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, Section 4, gave
power to the Board of Agriculture to prescribe what deficiency, if
any, in the normal constituents of genuine milk or cream, or what
addition of extraneous matter, or proportion of water, in any
sample of milk (including condensed milk) or cream, should for
the purposes of the Act, and its predecessors raise a presumption,
until the contrary is proved, that the milk or cream is not
genuine.
The Board appointed a Committee to consider and report upon
this question. Their report (January 16th, 1901,) is now issued.