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102 unsound and diseased food.
Register contained 120 effective entries at the close of the year. The businesses carried or»
in combination with the sale of milk by the vendors now on the Register are given below—
Dairies: milk, butter, and eggs only 85 (87)
„ wholesale 4 (4)
Grocers' shops 1 (2)
General shops 16 (12)
Provisions 1 (1)
Refreshments 9 (9)
Bakers' shops 4 (4)
Two cases of scarlet fever occurred at milkshops, and 8 in the homes of milk carriers.
There were 14 cases of diphtheria in the houses occupied by milk carriers, 7 of the patients being
members of their families. The precautions required by the Regulations were duly observed in
each case, and in addition many of the milk carriers attended at the Town Hall to be examined
by the Medical Officer of Health. Swabs were taken from the throats and noses of the men
who were seen after the occurrence of diphtheria. They were not allowed to resume work
when either the Klebs-Loffier or the Hoffman bacillus was found in the cultures.
Ice Cream Making.
For the purpose of duly enforcing the provisions of Part VIII. of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1902, a special Register of all makers and vendors of this
commodity is kept. At the end of 1911 there were 108 names on the Register, 10 were
removed during the past year, and 12 added, leaving 110 on the Register at the close of the year.
The businesses with which the ice cream trade is combined are indicated below—
Sweet shops 44 Newspapers and Tobacco 27
Bakers 8 Confectioners 9
Milk 2 General 11
Restaurants 13 Cycle Dealer 1
Greengrocers 3
In addition to 6 barrow-men residing in the Borough, 3 others have regular pitches in the
Borough, the proprietors residing in—
Marylebone 2 Willesden 1
UNSOUND AND DISEASED FOOD.
In addition to the meat dealt with at the slaughterhouses, 10,109 lbs. (7,639 lbs. in 1911)
of foodstuffs were destroyed last year after voluntary surrender. The quantity of potatoes
(nearly 3½ tons) was remarkable. (See below.) Possibly the wet season was responsible for such
a loss, the tubers being insufficiently dried when packed for carriage.
Meat (Butchers' shops) :—
Bullock's liver (parasitic), spleen (tuberculous), pigs' plucks (tuberculous), pieces of bacon (decomposed).
Fish:—Haddocks, 100 lbs. Plaice, 60 lbs. Herrings, 1,008 lbs. Decomposed.
Vegetables and Fruit:—Apples 208 lbs. Potatoes 110 lbs.
Tomatoes 86 „ Melons 10 „
Strawberries 112 „ Peaches 5 „
Summary.
Meat 174 lbs. Per G.W.R. Co.—
Fish 1,168 „ Bullocks' Brains 56 lbs.
Vegetables 531 „ Bacon 356 „
Pork 18 „
1,873 „ Plums 302 „
Potatoes 7,504 „
Grand Total 10,109 lbs.