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time of writing, involves a considerable amount of extra work.
The figures are given below :—
Number
Number
released as
sound
Number
diseased
Method of disposal
of
diseased
carcases
12,753 whole
carcases
32 bags Legs
24 bags Fore
Quarters
11,732 whole
carcases
31 bags Legs
23 bags and
1 pair Fore
Quarters
1,021 whole
carcases
8 Legs
5 pair Fore
Quarters
Boiling down
into tallow for
soap making
by approved
firms
POLISH BUTTER.
In December my attention was drawn to consignments of
Polish "Butter" coming into this borough, and as a result three
parcels of this "butter," over 2,000 casks in all, were placed under
"Stop," and samples were taken for the purpose of analysis. In
all seventeen samples were taken ; two of these were found to be
genuine butter and fifteen were "mixtures." The result of analysis
in the latter case showed that the "butter" contained on an
average about 36.0 per cent, of butter fat, and the sample showing
the highest content of butter fat gave a result of 41.0 per cent.
The "butter" was kept under "Stop Notice" pending satisfactory
arrangements for its disposal, and at the time of writing
the whole quantity has been re-exported.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
Under this Act 1,500 samples were taken during the year,
thirty-seven being found on analysis to be adulterated. Mr.
Merryman is the Food and Drugs Inspector working under the
general supervision of the Chief Inspector, and of course, in close
co-operation with the Public Analyst. Mr. Merryman conducts
the majority of his own cases in court. Full details of the samples
taken are given in the accompanying tables, together with a
summary of the results in court cases. I think it can be fairly
said that the duties imposed on the Sanitary Authority by this
Act, intricate though they be, are carried out with care and
efficiency.