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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1895. 59
Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
I beg to present the following report for the year ending the 31st December
1895:—
During the year 299 complaints of nuisances have been made and entered in
the official register kept for that purpose.
54 notices have been served in respect of houses and tenements under "the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890."
23 inspections have been made relating to tenement houses under the Customs
and Inland Revenue Acts.
58 inspections of houses newly erected or pulled down to or below the ground
floor, and rebuilt during the year, and
58 water supply certificates granted, under Section 48 Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
ADULTERATION ACTS, 1875—1887
and
MARGARINE ACT, 1887.
SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC ANALYST.
Name of Sample.
Margarine
Adulterated.
Unadulterated.
Total.
Milk (2 Milks deficient in cream)
—
15
37
52
Bread
—
—
1
1
Butter
—
10
25
35
Margarine
1
—
—
1
Coffee (1 Coffee labelled a mixture
of Chicory and Coffee)
—
—
9
9
Scotch Oatmeal
—
—
1
1
Mustard
—
—
1
1
Cheese
—
—
2
2
Moist Sugar
—
—
2
2
Lucca Oil
—
—
1
1
Cod Liver Oil
—
—
1
1
Currant Cake
—
—
1
1
Preserved Peas
—
—
1
1
Lard
—
—
1
1
Total
1
25
83
109
The above Table shows 22.0 per cent. of the samples to be to the prejudice of the
Purchaser