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The following Table, No. 15, gives the results of examinations
of samples of milk for tubercle bacilli in each completed
year since the methods of sampling and examination
indicated above have been in operation in Willesden:—

Food Inspection.—Considerable attention has been
given to this subject, especially on Saturday nights and
Sunday mornings. Except in two cases it was not found
necessary to resort to compulsory seizure. In one instance
the presence of a cow's head exposed for sale induced the
Inspector to examine all the meat in the shop, and also the
offal at the rear of the shop, with the result that tuberculous
mesenteric glands were discovered, indicating that
tuberculous meat had at a recent period been brought to the
shop. As, however, no additional evidence of diseased meat
was found, it was not possible to take legal action against
the shopkeeper.
In the other case, the carcases of three sheep in a partially
decomposed condition were found hanging up in a
slaughterhouse. Upon enquiry, it was elicited that the carcases
had been presented at Christmas time to a charitable
institution and sent to the butcher for storage purposes.
Owing to the sudden illness of the person responsible for
them, the carcases were forgotten by the owners, until the
Inspector's visit. As the explanation given was deemed to