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Expenses of carrying out the Food and Drugs Acts.
The total expenses connected with the carrying out of
the Food and Drugs Acts in Lambeth Borough during 1910
amounted to £76 7s. I0d., and are made up as follow:—
£.27 17s. 7d. for samples, £20 8s. Od. for assistant,
£5 3s. 6d. for witnesses, £717 3s. 4d. for travelling expenses
(including £78 7s. Od. for cabs) and £.5 15s. 5d.
for sundries. The salary of the Food and Drugs Inspector
(£7120, rising by £710 annual increases to £7200), and the
costs of the summonses (£75 16s. 0d.), are not included.
For comparison, the total expenses during the past few
years are tabulated as follows :—
Year.
Total Expenses.
No. of Samples.
1903
81
0
5
1010
1904
89
19
10
1200
1905
84
2
0
1200
1906
98
9
0
1500
1907
55
4
1*
1800
1908
84
14
6
1800
1909
77
1
4
1800
1910
76
7
10
1800
II. Water.
One sample of water was officially examined chemically
during 1910 and declared to be unfit for domestic use as
drinking water. The sample was taken from a cistern
supplying drinking water to a house, of which the inmates
had suffered from illnesses (sore-throat, colic, sickness and
diarrhoea). The water on examination was found to contain
large quantities of free and albuminoid ammonia, chlorine
and nitrogen, together with traces of zinc—the total solids
* Work done by District Inspectors and Female Inspectors during
9 months illness of he Food and Drugs Inspector (Perrin).