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VISITS, Etc., re
Infectious Disease 454
Scabies 53
Aged and infirm persons 4
Police Courts 22
Various 1,597
Total 15,498
NOTICES SERVED.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936.
Intimation Notices.
Dwelling Houses 169
Houses let in lodgings 130
Offices 24
Food premises 20
Statutory Notices 51
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
Power Factories 26
Non-power Factories 47
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Food premises 64
SHOPS ACT, 1934 —
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919 12
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
During the year, 600 formal samples of foods and drugs were taken and
submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis. Of these, 214 were
of milk. Five samples were found to be adulterated, viz.: —
Milk.—10% abstracted fat.
Milk.—13.3% abstracted fat.
Milk.—4.1% added water.
Milk.-—2.3% abstracted fat and 5% added water.
Mustard.—Deficient in allyl isothiocyanate 94%.
In connection with these, four vendors were prosecuted. The results of
the prosecutions will be found in the table of legal proceedings. In the case
of the sample of mustard, a cautionary letter was sent on the instruction of the
Public Health Committee.
The registration of one milk vendor was cancelled owing to the unsatisfactory
condition of his premises, and of the milk sold therefrom.
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
43 samples of milk were taken during the year, 41 of milk supplied to
schools in the Borough. Four were found to be unsatisfactory, of which 3 were
of milk supplied to schools by dairymen whose premises were registered outside
the Borough. In these cases the Medical Officers of Health of the Districts
from which the milk was obtained were notified, in order that investigations
might be made. In the case of the remaining sample, which was purchased
in the street, a letter of warning was sent to the vendor.