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Under the provisions of subsection 8 of section 47 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, any persons having in their possession food intended for sale which is diseased or unsound,
or unfit for human consumption, may surrender it to the council for destruction as trade refuse.
The unsound food surrendered and destroyed during the year is shown in the following list :—
Apples (lbs.) 128 Meat (canned) (tins) 26
Asparagus (crates) 10 Milk (canned) (tins) 34
Chocolates (lbs.) 14 Onions (lbs.) 50
Chocolate cream walnuts (lbs.) 26 Potatoes (cwts.) 5
Ducks 14 Rabbits, skinned (lbs.) 42
Fish (canned) (tins) 88 Tomatoes (lbs.) 168
Fish (wet) (stones) 10½ Turkeys 253
Fruit (canned) (tins) 510 Vegetables (canned) (tins) 132
Grapes (cwts.) 12
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.—The council's food inspector is the sampling
officer under the Act, and he is instructed to take samples in any place within the borough. The
samples procured are of two kinds, namely, formal and informal.
(a) Formal Samples.—These are samples which are taken strictly in conformity with the
requirements of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and during the year the food
inspector collected 692, of which 17 or 2.4 per cent, were adulterated. Particulars of formal
samples collected are as follows :—
Number Number
Nature of sample. taken. adulterated.
Almonds, ground 6
Apricots, dried 9 —
Brawn 3 —
Butter 32 —
Cakes, sponge 15 —
Caviare 1 1
Cheese 11 —
Cinnamon, ground 6 —
Cocoa 3 —
Coffee 8 —
Coffee and chicory 1 —
Cordial, lime-juice 3 —
Cream 16 —
Ham 8 —
Honey 6 —
Ice-cream 6 —
Lard 24 —
Lemon cheese 9 —
Margarine 30
Milk 325 9
Mincemeat 6 —
Mustard 3 —
Mustard mixture 3 —
Oil, camphorated 2 1
Paste, fish 17 —
Paste, meat 1 —
Pepper 3 —
Powder, baking 3 —
Prunes 3 —
Raisins 3 —
Rice 15 1
Rice, ground 2 —
Sago 2 —
Sausages 24 2
Semolina 3 —
Sulphur, milk of 3 —
Sultanas 3 —
Sweets 15 —
Tapioca 2 —
Tea 17 —
Vinegar 31 3
Whisky 6 —
Wine, British 3 —
Totals 692 17