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Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and Bye-laws.
In pursuance of the different orders of authorization granted by the
Public Health and Housing Committee, it has not been found necessary
to institute legal proceedings in any case for the abatement of nuisances
and non-compliance with the London County Council's and Council's
own bye-laws, as the statutory notices served were complied with.
Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1899.
53 samples of food of different kinds have been purchased and
submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis during the year, four of
which were certified to have been adulterated. In two instances convictions
were obtained with costs, in the other two the adulteration was
so small that the Council's Solicitor, who stated that no magistrate would
convict, advised that a letter of caution be sent.
The detais are set out below:—
Butter.—Adulterated with 8.4 per cent, of foreign fat. Defendant fined
20s. and 23s. costs.
Milk.—Deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 2 per cent. A letter of
caution was sent to the vendor.
Milk.—Deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 10 per cent. Defendant
fined 20s. and 23s. costs.
Butter.—Containing 1.7 per cent, of excessive water and a proportion of
a foreign ingredient. Boric Acid 0.2 per cent.
I have by your instructions distributed printed circulars throughout
the district to each of the milk vendors re "preservatives in milk" as
suggested in the printed circular from the Local Government Board,
Whitehall, S.W., July, 1906.
Milk Shops and Milk Sellers.
I have by your instructions made periodical inspections of premises
where milk is sold throughout the district, with the object of detecting
any infringement of the regulations under " The Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Order cf 1885, as amended by the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Amending Order of 1886, with respect to means of storage,
prevention of contamination, cleanliness and registration, and during the