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INSPECTION OF OTHER PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED OR
OFFERED }-'OR SALE.
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. Under this head are Included the following premises:-
Bakehouses; kitchens of hotels, restaurants and enting
houses; butchers' shops; tripe, offal and other meat
shops; fried fish, eel and other fish shops.
19^2 Inspections were made of these premises during the
year. b4 notices under the Food and Drugs'Act, 193&, were
served requiring defects to be remedied..
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UNSOUND FOOD.
5 tons 1 civt. 15 lbs. of'tinned meat, fish and other
foods were surrendered and destroyed, ,pr..disposed of otherwise.
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FOODS AND DRUG-3 SAMPLING-.
During the year 600 formal samples were submitted to
"the Borough Analyst for analysis; of these 2 were
"adulterated, vis:-
Vinegar, 14-5 p£** cent deficient in acetic acid,
and Mustard containing 10.0. per cent foreign starch
and. farinaceous matter.
No legal proceedings were taken in these instances.
A further sample of vinegar was taken and reported to be
genuine. A letter of warning was sent to the manufacturers
of the muetard.
DAY NURSERIES. ' ..
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There are two day nurseries In the Borough, one of
which was taken ovei- by tlie Council ae a Wartime Nursery on
1st June 1943* This latter provides places for /15 children
The other one is still oontinulng as a voluntary.nursery for
50 children.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.