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(c) Instances where (apart from analysis)
the requirements as to labelling of
preserved cream in Article 5 (1) and None.
the proviso in Article 5 (2) of the
Regulations have not been observed.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the
Regulations have not been complied None.
with and action taken.
3. Thickening substances. No evidence of their addition to cream
or preserved cream.
4. Other observations. None.
Belgian Refugee Camp.
The premises of the Earl's Court Exhibition, which
were taken over by the Managers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board in October, 1914, for the accommodation
of refugees from Belgium, were used for the same
purpose throughout the year, and 46,187 refugees—
21,998 men, 11,985 women and 12,204 children-were
received during the year, and the numbers remaining
on December 31st, 1915, were 1,078, viz.: 426 men, 292
women and 356 children. The following extracts from
the report of Mr. Powell, the officer-in-charge, gives an
interesting account of the admirable work done there by
the Asylums Board.
"(1) The Earl's Court Exhibition premises were
taken over by the Government on 15th October, 1914, the
day after the summer exhibition of 1914 was closed. A
few of the halls were hastily cleared of the exhibition
paraphernalia, and the first night some 1,377 refugees
were received. After this there was a short lull, following
the fall of Ostend, and pending new arrangements
for the transport of refugees from Holland. This
breathing space was utilised for taking in hand the fitting
up of large numbers of buildings of all shapes and sizes,
from the Empress Theatre, in which, under a single span
roof, were placed dining-tables for nearly 4,000, and
1,400 beds, one thousand of them being on the great
galleries from which the seats were removed, to little
side-show halls into which 30 beds were squeezed with
difficulty. These buildings were spread over some 30