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Disinfestation
Number of Rooms treated 586
" of Articles treated 765
Verminous Conditions
Persons treated at the Council's Cleansing Stations
Number of Verminous Children cleansed 2,294
" " " Adults " 158
" " Baths given for Scabies 8,164
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK
At the end of the year there Were 125 Dairy Promises and 204
Purveyors of Milk on the Registers. Fifty-nine Licences for the
sale of Pasteurised Milk & Tuberculin Tested Milk were granted during
the year.
Inspection of Food Promises.
The Food Inspectors made 1,816 inspections of promises where
food is prepared stored or sold in addition to daily visits to the
Government Meat Distributing Depot. A considerable amount of work
was also involved in the inspection of food surrendered as unfit for
human consumption largely due to damage resulting from enemy action,
FOOD & DRUGS AT 1938
During the year 832 samples were submitted by the Council's
Sampling Officers to the Public Analyst for examination; Of
these 46 were "formal" and 786 "informal". Seven (or 0,84 per cent)
samples were found to be adulterated.