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Shoreditch 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Regulations as to the Sale of Eggs.
All eggs exposed for sale in the Borough during the year appeared properly
marked. No complaints or evidence as to contravention were received during the
year.
INSPECTORS WITH SPECIAL DUTIES.
The arrangement under which Mr. Grant and Mr. Shaw continued throughout
the year to devote the whole of their time to the matters referred to in this
sub-section of the Report worked well, and it is hoped that this arrangement will
become permanent.
Food and Drugs Acts.
The reports of the Public Analyst, Mr. H. G. Harrison, M.A., show that 1,056
samples were submitted to him during the year. This number is at the rate of
10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The results of the year's work are summarised in the following table:—
| Quarter of 19^0. | Number of Samples taken. | Number of Samples Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | Number of Prosecutions Instituted. | Prosecutions withdrawn because of Warranties, &c. | Prosecutions Proceeded with | Number of Successful Prosecutions. | Fines and Costs. | Amount paid to Analyst for Samples Analysed. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| 1st | 280 | 4 | 1.9% | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2nd | 271 | 10 | 3.3% | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 7 | 6 |
| 3rd | 217 | 8 | 3.6% | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 135 | 12 | 6 |
| 4th | 283 | 4 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals for Year | 1,056 | 26 | 2.46% | 16 | - | 16 | 16 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 660 | 0 | 0 |
The samples taken included: 559 milks, 34 butter, 24 dried fruits (3 informal),
21 bread and butter (17 informal), 21 tea (1 informal), 30 cheese, tinfoil wrapped
(21 informal), 20 margarine, 17 whisky, 17 sterilised milk, 16 condensed milk
(sweetened), 16 sausage (5 informal), 14 jam (8 informal), 11 meat pies (10 informal),
11 tinned fish (informal), 11 rum, 10 cake ingredients, 9 cordials (6 informal), 8 tinned
fruits (informal), 8 beet, 7 gins, 7 non-alcoholic wines, 7 sugar, 6 sweets, 6 dripping,
6 tapioca (2 informal), 5 marmalade (4 informal), 5 malt vinegar, 5 boiled ham
(4 informal), 5 wine (1 informal), 4 milk chocolate, 4 cocoa, 4 coffee, 4 self-raising
flour, 4 pepper, 4 pearl barley, 4 lard, 4 bread, 4 cake, 4 castor oil (informal),
4 compound syrup of figs (informal), 3 flour, 3 lemonade powder, 3 cream (2 informal),
3 cod liver oil emulsion (informal), 3 boracic ointment (informal), 3 zinc ointment
(informal), 3 mustard (2 informal), 2 brawns (1 informal), 2 Kruschen salts (informal),
2 cheese, 2 ground arrowroot (1 informal), 2 lemon squash, 2 saveloys, 2 weak tincture
of iodine (informal), 2 comp. liquorice powder (informal), 2 ground rice (informal),
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