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(E) Sewer Treatments.
The 9th and 10th sewer maintenance treatments were carried out
in June and December in conjunction with the Works Department,
neighbouring local authorities and the Ministry of Agriculture &
Fisheries (Infestation Division) with the results shown :-
Treatment
No.
When
treated.
Manholes
baited.
No
take
Small
take.
Good
take.
Complet
take.
e yiPrebait
take.
1st.
Dec. 1943
1566
856
229
334
147
45
2nd.
Jany.1944
1720
1508
149
56
7
12
3rd.
May 1944
1665
1281
129
151
104
24
4th.
Jany.1946
1181
354
171
184
472
70
5th.
June 1946
1452
824
291
175
162
44
6th.
Jany.1947
1500
1013
137
170
180
32½
7th.
June 1947
1680
1399
116
113
52
17
8th.
Doc. 1947
1701
1269
105
125
20 2
25
9 th.
June 1948
1713
1269
131
135
58
20
10 th.
Dec, 1948
1831
1360
171
138
162
25
Year
1947.
FACTORIES ACT,1937. During the year 2,332 inspections
were made and defects or nuisances were found at 94. All
of these vere remedied.
1,403
79
70
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. The Meat and Food
Inspectors made 3,703 inspections of premises where food
is prepared, stored or sold.
3,786
ICE CREAM (HEAT TREATMENT, etc.) REGULATIONS, 1947.
60 samples of ice cream were examined:
42
Grade 1 - 191 Grade 2 - 13:
4: 11:
Grade 3 - 14: Grade 4 - 14:
16: 11:
The unsatisfactory samples manufactured elsewhere
than in Poplar were reported to the appropriate Medical
Officer of Health and letters were sent to the
manufacturers. The remainder were followed up by our
own Inspectors.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYSTS. The number of samples
examined was 710 and the number found to be adulterated
wa3 28 or 3.9 per cent.
707
35: 4. 9%
During the ten years 1939-48 the average number
examined was 691 and the percentage adulterated was 4.1.
Of 190 samples of milk only one was adulterated.
699: 4.1%