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openings of any room or place used for the sale or preparation of meat for
human food which are not enclosed with glass, must be completely covered
with wire gauze, so as to prevent, as far as practicable, the access of flies
and dust; and every external door must be kept closed, save when in use for
ingress and egress. And these are not all their by-laws respecting foods, but
sufficient have been quoted to show that New Zealand is well in advance
of us.
Unsound Food Examined, Surrendered and Condemned:—
January—96 tins condensed milk.
February—2 imported livers, 1 tin of corned beef.
March—1 trunk herrings, 1 box Spanish onions, 7 boxes foreign
tomatoes.
May—6 boxes imported apples, 56 boxes imported tomatoes.
June—1 bag periwinkles, 1 box "rock salmon," 1 crate of lemons.
July—3 boxes of lemons, 1 trunk of herrings, 1 box (20 lbs.) imported
greengages.
July—1 trunk of haddock.
August—1 trunk of monkfish.
September—1 trunk of catfish, 6 boxes of plums.
November—2 boxes of coal fish, 1 box of plaice, 1 trunk of haddock.
December—2 trunks of skate.
Herewith I append a statement of the work done under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Act, by the Middlesex County Council Inspector for this District,
kindly supplied by the Chief of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex
County Council:—

Number of prosecutions 3
Number of convictions 3
Fines and costs imposed £5 11s. 6d.