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schools and day nurseries in the borough. The average fat and solids-not-fat content of
ordinary milk samples analysed was 3.61 and 8.63 per cent, respectively, and of the superfatted
variety 4.46 and 8.86 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 208 tons
London Fruit Exchange
and Spitalfields Market 81 tons
Other Premises 76 tons
TOTAL 365 tons
About 12 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 1,200 condemnation certificates in respect of unsound food were issued in
1967.
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 36.
The complaints referred to -
Alleged unsound condition:
Bread 1, cake 1, Chinese food 1, chicken 1, chocolate rings 1, confectionery 1, fish 1,
ham 1, ham roll 1, meat pies 4, canned pineapple 1, potato chips 1, sausages 1, sausage roll 1,
tomatoes 1.
Alleged dirty condition and/or foreign body or deposit:
Bread rolls 1, bread 5, cake 1, doughnuts 2, dried fruit 1, milk 2, minerals 1, mince pie
1, canned raspberries 1, canned rhubarb 1, rice 1, stout 1.
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