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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1940.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
During the year 18 applications were received from persons
desirous of acting as slaughtermen and the necessary licences
were granted. There were no infringements against the provisions
of this Act.
Other Food Premises.
There are in the Borough 34 wholesale margarine dealers,
76 fishfryers and 24 fish curers. 608 premises are registered
for the sale, manufacture or storage of ice-cream and 534 premises
for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed,
pickled or preserved food stuffs.
There are 32 food factories, 428 restaurant kitchens and
149 markets and stalls. The markets are subjected to special
supervision and they are inspected frequently at all hours when
they are open, both during the week and on Saturdays and
Sundays.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
1,776 samples were procured for analysis during the year.
743 of these were samples of milk, 850 were other foodstuffs
and 183 were drugs.
Only 15 of the samples were found to be adulterated, viz.,
12 formal samples of milk, already referred to, one informal sample
of sugar, which contained 14 per cent. of ground rice, and two
samples of syrup of senna, which were deficient in sugar.
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, Agricultural Grading and
Marking Act, 1928, and Orders Made Thereunder.
The amount of foodstuffs sold under these Orders is less
than in the years before the war. The provisions of the Orders
are duly observed by the traders in the Borough.