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72 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Unsound Food.
At the request of the owners, the following foodstuffs were
condemned and destroyed, and the usual Certificates granted,
viz.:—12 lbs. of lamb; 1 pig's head; 78 lbs. of codfish; 1 box of
filletted cod and 3 boxes of cod roes; 32 boxes and 222 lbs. of
haddock; 1 box and 44 stone of herrings; 11½ A lbs. of herring
roes; 8 stone of skate; 6 stone of dabs; 2 boxes of soles and
5 lbs. of lemon soles; 22 lbs. of plaice; 2 boxes of eels; 1 box
of mackerel; 1 box of headless coley; 1 box of rock salmon ;
1 cwt. of dogfish ; 15 doz. escallops; 2 crates of bananas ; and
2 bags of potatoes.
Statement of Work done under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts.
During the year 2,000 samples of foods and drugs were submitted
to the Public Analyst for analysis. Of these 1,000 were
purchased as official samples, while 1,000 were purchased unofficially
as test or informal samples. 60, or six per cent. of the
official samples, and 47, or 4.7 per cent. of the unofficial samples
were found to be adulterated or not up to standard. The total
adulterations reported were 107, or 5.3 per cent. of the samples
submitted.
Proceedings were instituted against the vendors of eight of
the 60 adulterated samples taken officially. The total amount
received in penalties under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts
during the year amounted to £2 5s., and the costs to £8 10s. 6d.,
making a total of £10 15s. 6d.