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(ii) Artificial Cream Act, 1929.
The following is the only registered premises in the Borough:—
66-68, Kilbum High Road.
(iii) Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923 and 1927.
Two samples were taken during the year and found to be
satisfactory.
(iv) Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923 and 1927.
No sample was taken during the year.
(v) Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations,
1925 to 1927.
59 samples of articles of food specified in these Regulations were
submitted for analysis. Infringements were discovered in the following
cases:—
Description of Foodstuff. Result of Analysis. Action taken.
Demerara Sugar Tin 1.5 grains per lb. No action.
Barbados Sugar Tin 1.7 grains per lb. No action.
(D) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
The Public Analyst undertakes the chemical analysis of food at
his Laboratories at 11, Billiter Square, E.C.3.
Bacteriological examination of raw and graded milks was also
undertaken for the Borough Council during the year by the
Laboratories of Pathology and Public Health, 6, Harley Street, W.1.
(E) Nutrition.
The routine medical inspection of entrant children in Hampstead
to Elementary Schools during the year 1937 demonstrates that 101
or 17.1 per cent. were classed as "excellent," 473 or 80.0 per cent. were
"normal" and 17 or 29 per cent. were "slightly sub-normal." The
corresponding figures for the County of London were 15.3 per cent.,
78.5 per cent. and 6.3 per cent.