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3. Notification (1)—Shoreditch, as follows:—When a sample
has been found to be genuine, a card, enclosed in an envelope,
and bearing the following particulars, is sent to the trader, viz.:
Date of dispatch of card.
Sample No.
And merely the word "Genuine ";
whereas, in those cases in which a sample is not genuine but in
which legal proceedings are not advisable, a somewhat Similar
card is sent to the tradesman, but, instead of the word "Genuine,"
the words "No Action " are printed.
With respect to the 22 Boroughs where no notification is
given, there are 4, viz.:—Bermondsey, Camberwell, Fulham,
and Holborn, in which a communication is made to the vendor
where a sample has been found, on analysis, to be not genuine
but the adulteration is not sufficiently large or serious to warrant
proceedings, warning him as to the need of taking steps to
ensure that the articles sold by him, in future, are free from
adulteration.
In the Borough of Bethnal Green it was formerly the practice
to inform the tradesman the result of the analysis, but the
practice "has been discontinued, as it was found that such communications
were of no real service, and were only made use of
as advertisements."
In the Borough of Stepney also it was formerly the practice
to send an intimation to vendors that legal proceedings would
not be instituted, but the practice has quite recently been discontinued
by the Public Health Committee.
In the Borough of Wandsworth no notice is given to the
traders, except "in the case of public institutions, when samples
are taken of milk, in course of delivery, purchased under
contract, the result of analysis is furnished on application."