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Factory and Workshops Acts.
The workshops, domestic workshops, workplaces and domestic
workplaces in the district where male labour is employed have been
inspected, the number engaged in each case being checked, particularly
in respect to overcrowding ; the terms of the Acts relating thereto have
been met with in response to intimation and statutory notices when
necessary, and in no instance has there been occasion to take legal
proceedings.
Canal Boats.
The inspection of canal boats was without any particular incident
during the year.
Ice-Cream Regulations.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902.
All premises where ice-cream is made have been inspected and
attention given to all the utensils used, which were found to be clean
and in a satisfactory condition. Each itinerant vendor's barrow and
utensils have been inspected, in each case the manufacturer's name
was found to be legibly affixed thereto.
Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907.
Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 84 varied samples have been
taken and submitted for analysis.
Two were found to be adulterated. Summonses were issued against
the vendors.
Particulars of adulterated samples, and results of legal proceedings,
are appended:—
Milk.—Deficient in fat and solids, not fat, to the extent of 13.3 per
cent. and 12.5 per cent. respectively. Vendor fined 7s.
and 23s. costs.
Milk.—Deficient in fat to the extent of 13 per cent. Summons
dismissed on production of warranty.
Milk Shops and Milk Sellers.
I have, by your instructions, made periodical inspections of the
premises where milk is stored and sold in the district with the object of
enforcing the regulations of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order
of 1885, as amended by the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Amending
Order of 1886, and the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, Section 5 (Milk Clauses), in respect to the sanitary condition of the