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PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS.-
390 inspections or butchers' shops and market stalls
were made during the year.
INSPECTION OF OTHER PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED OR OFFERED
FOR SALETI
Under this head are included the following premises:-
Bakehouses; kitchens of hotels, restaurants and
other eating houses; butchers1 shops; tripe,
offal and other meat shops; fried' fish, eel and
other flsh 6hops.
826 inspections were made of these premises during the
year.- 23 Notices under the Food and Drugs Act 1938, were
served requiring defectes to be remedied.
UNSOUND FOOD.
4 tons 13 cwt. 2 qtrs. of tinned meat, fish and other
foods were surrendered and destroyed, or disposed of otherwise.
FOOD AND DRUGS SAMPLING.
During the year 600 formal samples were submitted to the
Borough Analyst for analysis; of these one was adulterated,
viz:-
Milk 4.0% added water.
Legal proceedings were taken in this instance. The
summons was dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act,
and the defendant was ordered to pay £5. 58. Od. costs.
WATER. 1. The water supply in this area has been satisfactory
both In quantity and quality. There have been no complaints
received.
2.There is a piped supply, and-bacteriological
examinations of the raw water are made by the Metropolitan
Water Board, who also perform -chemical analyses.
3.The water is not known to have any plumbo-solvent
action.
4. No action has been necessary in respect of
contamination.
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