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21.
Milk in Schools:
Ten samples of milk delivered to the Schools were taken
during the year and submitted for bacteriological examination.
Food Poisoning:
During the year there were no cases notified under the
Food and Drugs, Act, 1938, amongst Finsbury residents.
Bakehouses:
There were 22 bakehouses in use in the Borough at the
end of the year, of which 17 were basement premises, In all the bakehouses
machinery is used. 84 visits of inspection were made during the
year and six notices were served for cleansing and other matters.

Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
The work under this Act has continued to be carried out
by Mr. Clinton and 39 applicants were approved during the year by the
Council as Listed Sellers of Poisons and 91 visits were made. No contravention
of the Act or Rules was observed.
Salvage Division (Ministry of Food)
Examination of foodstuffs have again been carried out
in co-operation with the Minister of Food's Salvage Officers. The
examinations were necessitated as the result of damage and from loss of
labels etc. to packages during transport.
Ice-cream:
During the year the sale of ice-cream was small in
comparison to the quantities sold in pre-rationing days. In a large
number of shops registered for the making, storage and sale of ice
cream, no trading was done because the electrical freozers installed
required an overhaul which the manufacturers were unable to carry out;
whilst many shops registered for the sale and storage of ice cream were
unable to trade as they relied upon the large manufacturers for their
supplies, which, owing to the restrictions on ingredients could not be
obtained.