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All diseased meat and food is destroyed at the Council's
incinerator.
FOOD ADULTERATION.
Mr. R. Robinson, Chief Officer of the Public Control Department
of the Middlesex County Council, has kindly supplied me
with the following information regarding samples of food taken
during the year in the Borough: —
Article. Samples. Adulterated.
Milk 213 1
,, Sterilised 2 —
Butter 12 —
Minced beef 7 —
Cream pastry 6 1
Hake 5 3
Lemon sole 5 1
Whisky 5 1
Gin 1 —
256 7
SHOPS ACTS.
Eight hundred and sixty-eight visits have been paid to shops
during the year, and, apart from a number of minor infringements,
which were dealt with, the provisions of the Shops Acts,
1912-1928, have, generally speaking, been well observed. No
legal action has been necessary.
There are 1,325 shops in the Borough engaged in the following
trades: —
Grocers 126
Confectioners 108
Drapers, Costumiers, Ladies' Outfitters, etc. 85
Boots 73
Greengrocers 70
Restaurant Kitchens, Tea-rooms and Coffee-bars 70
Hairdressers and Barbers 57
Stationers and Newsagents 56
Butchers 54
Tobacconists 52