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Five Public Elementary Schools.
Inspections were made of the five public elementary schools, and
in three cases the sanitary office fittings required attention. The water
supplies for drinking purposes were drawn direct from main. Storage
tanks used for supply of closets and lavatories, etc., were well-covered.
Drains were periodically cleansed by means of discharge of storage water.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907, Margarine Act, 1887, Butter
and Margarine Act, 1909, the Sale of Milk Regulations, 1912, the
Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912.
During the year 111 varied samples of food, etc., etc., were obtained,
and submitted for analysis.
Of that number, 45 were samples of milk, 9 were taken on delivery,
under contract, at Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, 14 purchased of
itinerant vendors on Sunday, and the rest were from shops, etc., itinerant
vendors and other institutions.
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1885.
The 47 milk sellers' and purveyors' premises were from time to time
visited. Registers at Public Health Office corrected in the cases of those
found non-registered or through change of occupancy, etc., etc. The
persons in question were supplied with forms which in each case was
duly signed for the required alteration. Attention was given to enforcement
of regulations relating to cleanliness of utensils, more particularly
regarding the sanitary conditions under which milk was retailed, in
compliance with "order." In 2 cases, very old and worn measures were
replaced by new ones.
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901—Bakehouses.
In accordance with your instructions periodical inspections of
9 bakehouses were carried out, and where required, extract copies
of above act, "intimations," notices, etc., were served, all of which
received attention in every case, the necessary cleansing and limewhiting
work being done and defects remedied.