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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

*a For overcrowding. * b For other conditions.
Unsound Food.
2o| cases of herrings, two boxes of mackerel, 112 lbs. of skate,
38 boxes and 11J lbs. of kippers, three barrels of crabs, two bags
of winkles, 18 tins of salmon, three tins of pilchards, 121 rabbits,
and 46 lbs. of pieces of rabbit, 42 kidneys, 46 lbs. of tripe, 73 lbs.
of corned beef, 318¾ lbs. of mutton, 126 lbs. of veal, 3,870 lbs. of
beef, one tub and 14 lbs. of liver, 3,294¼ lbs. of bacon, 242 eggs,
58 lbs. of cheese, 40 lbs. of bread, 166½ lbs. of flour, and 444 tins
of condensed milk, were condemned and the usual certificates
granted. A large proportion of the Bacon, Mutton, and Beef was
sent to a fat melter in the Borough to be converted into glycerine
for munition making.
Proceedings were taken in one instance for exposing unsound
Geese for sale, and a fine of £10 and £2 2s. od. costs was inflicted.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
There has been a decrease in the total number of inspections
of the above, compared with 1917, but an examination of the Tables
will show that a very large amount of work has been carried out
by both the male and female inspectors.