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Section E. Inspection and Supervision of Food.
(a) Milk Supply.- Milk is not produced within the district for the
purpose of sale.
The number of persons and premises registered tor the sale of milk
within the district are as follows:—
Premises registered as Dairies and Milkshops 17
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk in sealed
bottles 15
Persons registered as retail purveyors of milk whose
premises are situated outside the district 20
Number of inspections 43
The premises concerned were generally well maintained; minor
infringements of the Regulations were abated promptly.

(b) Food and Drugs Act. 1938.—Twenty samples of food, including
four samples of milk were obtained for analysis. All of the samples
were reported by the Public Analyst as being genuine.
(c) Meat and Other Foods.—The Government meat distributing depot
was under constant supervision during the year, and a total of 298 inspections
were made. The total quantity of meat, including offal, condemned
as unfit for human consumption amounted to one ton, twelve hundredweights
three quarters.
Food examined upon other premises and surrendered as unfit for
human consumption included the following:—
101 tins Luncheon Meat.
1 tin Brisket Beef.
53 tins Sausage Meat.
20 tins Chopped Ham.