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proceedings instituted, the nature of article, extent of adulteration,
and result of proceedings being as follows :—
Milk.—Deficient in cream to the extent of 40 per cent. Vendor
fined £2 (previous conviction).
Milk.—Containing 0.042 percent. of Formaldehyd, equal to .01 per
cent. of Formalin. Costs were given against the Council,
12s. 6d., as the number of the sample was omitted on the
certificate.
Cocoa.— Adulterated with 80 per cent. of arrowroot and sugar,
Vendor fined 20s. and 23s. costs (first offence).
Butter.— Adulterated with 83.5 per cent. of foreign fat. Vendor
fined £4 and 23s. costs (first offence).
Special Proceedings.
On the 9th of November notice was received from the Poplar
Hospital stating that several poisoning cases were being treated there
alleged to be caused through eating cheese, which was bought at a
grocer's shop in Orchard Place. Acting on the instructions of the
Medical Officer of Health, I went to the said shop and found that
the vendor had heard of a number of people being ill after eating
the cheese and the day before my visit, had sent the unsold portion
back to the wholesale people from whom he had purchased the
cheese. The wholesale people's premises are situated in the Borough of
Southwark. I immediately went over to see Dr. Millsom, Medical
Officer of Health for the Borough, and gave him all particulars of
the case so that he might examine the cheese on their premises and
deal with it as he thought fit.
I have by your direction made a periodical inspection of the whole
of the Bakehouses in my district and found that 61 per cent required
cleansing and also sanitary defects existed. Notices were served,
and the nuisances satisfactorily abated.