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Desiccated Soups.
Five formal and 10 informal samples of desiccated soup were
procured for analysis during the year, and of these 14 (5 formal
and 9 informal) were certified to contain sulphur dioxide in an
amount varying from 56 to 192 parts per million.
The attention of the Health Committee was drawn to the
presence of sulphur dioxide in these samples, and, on their
instructions, the mannfacturer was communicated with. In
reply, the manufacturers stated that the sulphur dioxide was
Introduced during the drying process owing to the products of
combustion passing through the drying trays. The firm stated
that they had introduced a new process for drying the soup by
hot air, and that their new stock would be found free from sulphur
dioxide.
The Committee accepted the explanation offered by the manufacturers
and decided not to institute legal proceedings in respect
of these samples.
Drugs.
The number of samples of drugs submitted to the Public
Analyst for analysis during the year was 19 (all of which were
informal samples) and comprised 6 varieties. In each case the
sample was found to be genuine.
Ice Cream.
There are 172 premises in the borough in which ice cream is
manufactured, stored or sold, 21 of these being occupied by Italian
vendors.
Thirty-two new premises were registered during the year and
28 were removed from the register on discontinuance of the business,
the number of registered premises therefore being increased by 4.
All the premises, stalls, barrows, &c., from which the trade is
carried on are kept under inspection during the season.
During the year 299 inspections were made and 8 notices
were served (6 intimation and 2 statutory) for cleansing of premises.
The improvement in the manner in which this commodity is
now prepared and sold in Battersea, referred to in previous annual
reports, is on the whole being maintained.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932,
which came into force in July, repealed the provisions contained in
the Act of 1928 with regard to the registration of ice-cream premises,
but re-enacted them in a stricter form. The main effect of the
alteration is that Local Authorities have been given power to
remove from the Register, or to refuse to register premises which
are unsuitable for the purpose, subject to a right of appeal by the
applicant.