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St Pancras 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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in public refreshment rooms, restaurants, shops, or other public premises
where preserved cream is sold for comsumption on the premises) have
not been observed. Nil.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have not been complied
with, and action taken. Nil.
3.Thickening substances.
There was no evidence of the addition to cream or preserved cream of any
thickening substances.
Inspection of Food [Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 47].
The Food-Inspectors, have kept under regular inspection food exposed or
deposited for sale in slaughterhouses, shops (especially butchers', cooked meat
and fishmongers' shops), stalls, and market places.
The district inspectors have assisted during the summer (from June to
September, inclusive) with the inspection of market streets. During these
months four district inspectors and one food inspector were on duty for this
purpose on every Saturday night, and two district inspectors and one food
inspector every Sunday morning. They were selected for this duty by rotation.
Four seizures of unsound food have been made during 1915, the details oi these are given in the next table.
| Date. | Division and Sab Division. | Description of Article. | Prosecutions and Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915. Sept. 19 | West—Euston | 32 lbs. plums | Nil |
| „ 20 | ,, Regent's Park | 2 pork pies | ,, |
| „ 21 | South—Endsleigh | 3 chickens | Fined £l0 |
| Dec. 11 | East—Ossulston | 1 loin of pork | Nil |
On 41 occasions during the year unsound food has been surrendered by the
owners to the food inspectora and destroyed as trade refuse.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.
Cowsheds.—There were at the end of 1915 five licensed cowsheds in tbe
borough, as in the previous year. These are registered for 110 cows.
They have been kept under inspection by the food inspectors, 58 inspections
having been made during the year.
Milkshops and Dnirict.—32 applications for registration under the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders were considered during 1915, and of these
the Council decided to register in 30 cases, and to refuse to register on account
of unsuitability in 2 cases.