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Milk Supply - Samples
Milk samples submitted for chemical analysis, numbered 35 including 11 taken at
hospitals, schools and day nurseries in the borough. The average fat and solids-not-fat
content of ordinary milk samples analysed was 3.68 and 8.58 per cent, respectively,
and of the superfatted variety 4.10 and 8.80 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 Food) Regulations 1937-48 and the Public Health Acts:
Wharves 147 Tons
London Fruit Exchange and
Spitalfields Market 180 Tons
Other Premises 83 Tons
410 Tons
About 30 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 1966.
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 45.
The complaints referred to -
Alleged unsound condition:
bacon 1, bread 5, cake 1, cheese 1, chicken 1, corned beef 1, fish 1, meat 3,
meat pie 2, potatoes 1, potato crisps 1, rice 1, sausages 2, sausage sandwich 1,
sausage rolls 2, tea 1, tomatoes 1.
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