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OFFENSIVE TRADES:
The offensive trades operating in the Borough are three tripe dressers,
five gut scrapers and one knackers' yard. Thirteen visits were made during
the year and no breach of the Regulations was observed. Two skin dressers
were under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspector carrying out duties under
the Factories Act, 1937.
FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938 (Sampling):
1072 samples (463 formal, 609 informal) were submitted to the Public
Analyst for examination. Of these 22 were adulterated (or 2.05 per cent), as
shown in the following summary:-
Formal
Milk 7
Baking Powder 1
Baking & Golden Raising
Powders 1
Sausages 1
Vinegar2
Fruit squashes, cordials etc.
(Lime juice) 1
Sultanas 1
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Informal
Milk 1
Baking Powder 1
Soft drinks & Squashes.
(Orange Crush) 1
Mustard 1
Sausages 1
Sultanas 1
Dates 1
Infusion of tea with
milk and sugar 1
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Résumé of Food Decontamination Organisation:-
This Organisation was disbanded with the Civil Defence Services
in 1945, but it may be worth recording a note on the work done by the staff
of the Department, although it was, of course, never called into act ion.
The service was recruited pursuant to Ministry of Food Circular 4
in March 1941 and was designed to deal with gas contaminated food stocks
salvaged from shops, etc., within the area of a poison gas attack.
Mr. Bartlett, Senior Special Inspector and Mr. A.W. Haydock (Meat
and Food Inspector) were made responsible.
It was recruited largely from personnel engaged in food trades in
the Borough and was officered by 8 male and 2 women Sanitary Inspectors.
The total establishment for Islington was 188 part-time unpaid volunteers of
both sexes.
Two decontamination depots were established for men and women
respectively and a food decontamination centre was set up in an L.C.C. School.
Lectures were given by the Sanitary Inspectors as food decontamination officers,
combined with practical exercises.
The food decontamination organisation was linked with the general
decontamination services.
Thanks are due to all those who volunteered, although fortunately
the measures taken proved to be only precautionary.
SHOPS ACT, 1934:
Inspections. 101
Re-vis its. 3023
A further 399 inspections were made of war damaged retail premises.
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