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Vinegar.
Thirty-one samples of vinegar were procured formally and
submitted to the Public Analyst. One of these was reported to
be deficient in acetic acid to the extent of 5 per cent. A cautionary
letter was, by order of the Health Committee addressed to the
vendor of this sample.
Ice Cream Vendors.
There are 151 premises in the borough from which ice cream
is sold, 18 of these being occupied by Italian vendors by whom this
article of food is sold.
All the premises, stalls, barrows, &c., from which the trade
is carried on are kept under daily inspection during the season.
During 1928, 13 of the ice cream premises were removed from the
register and 15 were added. There was, therefore, an increase of
2 in the number of premises compared with 1927.
During the year 159 inspections were made and 4 notices were
served to remedy defects found on inspection. In addition, during
the summer season a daily inspection of street barrows and the
utensils, glasses, towels, &c., used thereon was carried out. In
two cases cautionary letters were addressed to itinerant vendors
who were carrying on the sale of ice cream from barrows not bearing
the name and address of the manufacturer.
The improvement in the manner in which this commodity is
now prepared and sold, referred to in previous annual reports, is
being maintained.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, proceedings
were taken against a milk vendor for selling milk without
having his name and address conspicuously inscribed-on the vehicle,
(vide p. 67).
During the year advantage was taken of Section 9 and the Third
Schedule of this Act by 11 milk purveyors in regard to 34 samples of
milk. Of these, 32 were reported by the Public Analyst to be
genuine. In the case of the remaining 2 samples which were
certified to be adulterated, both samples subsequently taken in
course of delivery at the request of the vendors were certified to be
genuine. In the first case (14 per cent, fat deficiency) the summons
was dismissed on payment of one guinea costs. In the second case
(4 per cent, extraneous water) no proceedings were instituted, the
vendor being cautioned.