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Milk Supply - Samples. Miik samples submitted for chemical analysis,
numbered 39 including 6 taken at hospitals, schools and day nurseries in the
Borough, The average fat and solids-not-fat content of ordinary milk samples
analysed was 3.80 and 8.55 per cent, respectively, and of the superfatted variety
4.66 and 8.83 per cent.
No raw milk is processed nor indeed sold in the Borough. Consequently, no
samples were taken for the purpose of examination for the presence of Brucella
abortus.
Unsound Food. The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were
disposed of under the Public Health (Imported Pood) Regulations 1937-48 and
the Public Health Acts:-
Wharves 193 Tons
London Pruit Exchange and
Spitalfields Market 137 Tons
Other Premises107 Tons
437 Tons
About 40 tons of unsound food was allowed to be used for chemical or
animal feeding purposes or for manufacturing purposes other than for human
consumption, the remainder being delivered to. or collected by. the Public
Cleansing Department at whose riverside depot it was mixed with household
refuse, under supervision, and removed by barge to a controlled tipping site
in Essex.
Approximately 1,600 Condemnation Certificates in respect of unsound food
were issued in 1965.
Unsound Food, etc. - complaints. Complaints made by members of the
public as to the alleged unsound condition etc. of foods, and which were
investigated during the year, numbered 35.
The complaints referred to
Alleged unsound condition;
Biscuits 1, Bread 3, Butter 1, Cakes 3, Chocolates 2, Corned Beef 4,
Pood (At restaurant) 1, Ice Lolly 1, Pie (Meat) 2, Salmon (tinned) 1.
Sausage roll 1, sausages l, Steak and Kidney l, Sweets 1.
Alleged dirty conditions and/or foreign body or deposit:
Bread 5, Cakes 2, Chicken Noodle Soup 1, Milk 2, Orange Drink l,
Pie (fruit) 1.
52.