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unsound and diseased food.
One case each of scarlet fever and erysipelas occurred during the year at premises where the
sale of milk was carried on, and 7 cases of diphtheria, 6 of scarlet fever, and 1 of enteric fever in
the homes of milk roundsmen living and working in the Borough, and 2 cases of scarlet fever and
one of diphtheria in the homes of men working in other boroughs but living in Paddington. No
contravention of the regulations relating to the occurrence of infectious disease was reported
last year. The roundsmen were in all cases put off duty until they had been seen by the
Medical Officer of Health, or the medical officer of the dairy, and certified as free from infection.
When there has been any contact with diphtheria, swabs are taken from the throat and nose of
the roundsman before he is allowed to return to work. There was no evidence of any spread of
infection through any milk supply.
Ice Cream Making.—A register of makers and vendors of ice cream is kept under the provisions
of Part VIII. of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902. At the close
of 1912, 110 names were on the Register, to which 10 names were added and from which 4 were
removed during the past year. At the close of 1913 the Register contained 116 effective

There are also 6 barrowmen resident in the Borough who have regular pitches, and 6 others
not resident in Paddington. The latter are known to be residents of Kensington, St. Marylebone,
and Willesden (2 each). All barrowmen are required to indicate on their barrows where they
make the ice cream.
UNSOUND AND DISEASED FOOD.
In addition to the small quantity of flesh food dealt with at the time of killing and destroyed
at the slaughterhouses, 1,401 lbs. of food-stuffs were condemned and destroyed last year, as
compared with 10,109 lbs. in 1912. The high figure for 1912 was mainly due to the inclusion
of a consignment of over 7,000 lbs. of potatoes destroyed at the request of the Great Western
Railway Co. Last year's figures are remarkable for the quantities of fish destroyed. (See below.)
Only one prosecution was taken, which was for the exposure for sale of maggoty and mouldy
walnuts. The defendant, a costermonger, was ordered to pay 5s. costs.
Food stuffs Destroyed, 1913.
Meat (Butchers' shops):—Beef, 42 lbs.; Pigs' livers, 14 lbs. ; Geese, 56 lbs. ; Rabbits, 60 lbs.
Fish:—Herrings, 200 lbs.; Kippers, 256 lbs.; Sea Bream, 80 lbs. ; Mussels, 20 lbs.
Fruit:—Tomatoes, 242 lbs.; Pears, 224 lbs.; Walnuts, 111 lbs.; Oranges, 56 lbs.; Plums, 10 lbs.

Very little food-stuff was condemned while in transit, as the Railway Company asked for the
destruction of 14 fowls only, weighing 30 lbs., as compared with a total of 10,109 lbs. in 1912.
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