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(f) Due cleanliness shall be observed in regard to such room, shop or other
part of a building, and all articles, apparatus and utensils therein, and shall
be observed by persons engaged in such room, shop or other part of a
building.
(2). If any person occupies or lets, or knowingly suffers to be
occupied any such room, shop or other part of a building wherein any of the
conditions prohibited by this section exist, or does or knowingly permits any
act or thing therein in contravention of this section, he shall be liable, on
summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding for the first offence twenty
shillings, and for every subsequent offence five pounds, and in either case to
a daily penalty not exceeding twenty shillings.
Examination of Milk.—This is carried out under the Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts, but it is convenient to consider the subject
here rather than in the section dealing with the Acts mentioned.
Samples of milk are taken by the District Inspectors, each of
whom is appointed Inspector, under the Acts, in his own district.
Sampling is done once a month in each district, "special" samples
being taken quarterly, in the evening, or on Sundays, at irregular
hours. The total number of samples taken in these ways was 601.
Of those 360 were samples of milk, and 29—or 8.0 per cent.—
proved to be adulterated. The percentage of adulterated samples
in 1903 was 16.7; in 1904, 13.9; in 1905, 10.9; in 1906, 13.5; and
in 1907, 11.5.
After the Public Analyst has reported on a sample of any article—
milk included—if the analysis shows it to be genuine, that fact is
communicated to the vendor. If, on the other hand, it is found to
be adulterated, further action depends on the extent of the adulteration
and the attendant circumstances, which are gone into by the
Medical Officer, with the Inspector and, in certain cases, also the
vendor. If the adulteration is not marked, or other circumstances
warrant it, the vendor is warned. If extenuating circumstances
are wanting and the adulteration is marked, a prosecution follows.
The following table shows the number of samples of milk taken
in each of the last 10 years, aaid gives certain details regarding
theni. All milk dealers in the Borough, large as well as small, are
sampled:—