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FOOD SUPPLY.
Milkshops.—At the end of the year there remained on the Council's Register 191 premises
where milk was sold. Of these premises 123 were milkshops, 34 were general shops and 34 were
restaurants.
Cowsheds —The licence of the only cowshed in the Borough was renewed by the London
County Council for ten cows. The number kept does not as a rule exceed four.
Ice-cream. —At the end of the year 188 premises were shown in the Register of places
where ice-cream is prepared or sold as compared with 209 premises at the end of the year 1915.
Bakehouses. —There are 85 bakehouses in the Borough, and of this number 65 are underground.
Slaughter-houses. —Eight slaughter-houses were licensed by the London County Council in
October. Special conditions as to notice and hours of slaughtering attach, as reported last year,
to the licence of the house in the Walmer Road, where a considerable number of pigs are killed.
Other Premises Used for Sale, &c., of Food. —These premises are entered in a Register
under the date on which they were finally inspected and found to comply as regards structure with
the sanitary regulations in S. Bof the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908. At
the end of the year the following shops or premises remained on the Register, namely:—
Provision Res- Butchers' Fried Fish Fish- Green- Other
Dealers. taurants. Shops. Shops. mongers. grocers. Shops.
255 165 114 42 53 71 15
Unsound Food —The unsound food surrendered and destroyed during the year is shown in
the following list:—
Fowls, decomposed 19
Rabbits, decomposed 24
Pigs' carcase and organs, tuberculosis 2
Pig's carcase and organs, septicaemia of traumatic origin 1
Pigs' plucks, echinococcus cysts 3
Pig's pluck, inflammation of lungs 1
Pigs' heads, tuberculosis 15
On 13th November, 1916, twenty-six boxes of unsound dates exposed for sale were seized.
The dates were mouldy and swarming with fruit mites. They were being sold at 1½d. per
box, the market price for sound dates at Covent Garden on the same day being 10d. per box.
Legal proceedings were instituted against the vender, who was fined £5.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. —During the year the Sanitary Inspectors collected 700
samples, 676 of foods, 24 of drugs, under the above Acts and submitted them to the Public Analyst
for analysis. Of the samples submitted 78, or 11 per cent., were reported as adulterated.
Proceedings were taken in 32 cases for adulteration or other offences, the fines and costs inflicted
amounting to £132 16s.
Cream.—In 12 prosecutions the samples submitted consisted of cream adulterated by the
addition of boric acid in amounts varying from 19.334 to 30.989 grains per pound. Convictions
were obtained in 10 cases and fines from £3 to £10 were inflicted. In two cases the cream was sold
as preserved cream, the presence of boric acid being declared. The amount present was 24 grains
per pound in the first case and 27 grains in the second. In each case the defendant was fined £10.
Two cases in which the cream contained 19334 and 22 grains of boric acid respectively were
dismissed.