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Bacteriological examination of Mussels.
A series of samples of mussels were submitted to the bacteriologist
for examination for the presence of B. Coli, etc., with a view to
determining whether there was any sewage contamination. In no case
was contamination present.
The Bakers' Allied Trades Association.
Sponge fingers, biscuits and cakes were submitted for test as to the
presence of boric acid, to ascertain whether the members of the
Association were adhering to the agreement not to use liquid egg
(which is preserved) in the preparation of these goods. Satisfactory
reports were received.
Acute Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis Lethargica.
In order to secure the compulsory removal of patients and to
enforce disinfection the Borough Council made an Order in December,
that Sections 57, 66, 67 and 68(1) (a) and (b) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 be applied in the Borough to the infectious
diseases known and described as Acute Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis
Lethargica. The Order was submitted to the Ministry of Health and
approved.
Removal of Fish Offal and Noxious Matter. Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
Complaint was made during the year that fish offal was removed
after 12 noon in the winter months, and that the odour from the same
clung to people's clothes. The subject was referred to the Metropolitan
Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee. From March to
October inclusive, the official hours for removal are from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m.,
and from November to February from 6 a.m. to noon. The contractors
who remove the material from Deptford collect the same from fish
curers, fish shops and fried fish shops, in covered galvanised iron tins
by means of carts, or alternatively (a second firm) in a covered galvanised
tank. Enquiries proved that the material is removed as a rule between
7.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m.
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1925.
Part II, Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9, and Part III, Section 11.
The actual wharf frontage on the Thames-side appertaining to
Deptford is small, being about half-a-mile in length. At the St. George's