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ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Public Health Department,
35, Brunswick Square, S.E. 5.
March 31st, 1925.
To Dr. H. W. Barnes, Medical Officer of Health, Camberwell.
Sir, —I beg to report herewith on the work carried out under (1) The Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts; (2) The Margarine Acts; (3) The Milk (Special
Designations) Order; (4) The Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations;
(5) The Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations; (6) The Sale of Food Order;
and (7) The Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, for the year ending
December 31st, 1924.
The formal samples obtained under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and
Margarine Acts amount to 1,045, and the total number taken under all Acts,
Regulations and Orders, 1,074.
The former are set out under Table "A," which also shows, against the
adulterated articles, the percentage of adulteration and action taken.
The extent and nature of the adulteration, and the result of proceedings
or other action taken are set out in Tables "B" and "C," the latter Table dealing
with milk only.
The percentage of milk adulteration in this Borough during the past seven
years is shown under Table "D."
Samples taken under the Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations and the
Public Health (Dried Millk) Regulations are set out under Tables "E" and "F,"
and the samples under the Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations under
Table "G."
Table "H" gives a summary of the legal proceedings.
In January of this year the Public Health Committee agreed to the suggestion
that the vendors, of samples that were analysed and reported as genuine, should be
notified that the third portion of the sample left with them need no longer be
retained.
Six hundred and sixty-four cards were sent during the year.
A large number of these tradesmen have expressed their appreciation of this
system of notifying them.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
GEORGE T. DEWEY, Food and Drugs Inspector.