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test. Twenty-seven of these failed to comply with the prescribed
tests.
Ninety-three licences for the sale of designated milks were
granted during the year—37 for Tuberculin Tested milk, 35 for
Pasteurised milk and 21 for Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) milk.
109 samples of ice-cream were submitted for bacteriological
examination, the coliform test and the methylene blue test. All
these samples were reported as genuine.
Twenty-eight samples of artesian well water were submitted
for bacteriological and chemical examination.
There are four private slaughterhouses in the Borough. Seven
animals were inspected either before or after slaughter.
There are now 19 war-time piggeries in the Borough. 123
inspections were made.
During the year three applications were received from persons
desirous of acting as slaughtermen.
125 varieties of foodstuffs suspected to be unsound were
examined at the request of the owners and afterwards released
for animal feeding. The necessary certificate was granted in every
case.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
2,016 samples were procured for analysis during the year—
794 samples of milk, 1,076 other foodstuffs and 146 drugs.
Ten samples were found to be adulterated, one each of milk,
canned soup, flour, self-raising flour, salami sausage, non-brewed
vinegar, chocolate cup, semolina, malt vinegar and iodine solution.
It was not necessary to take Police Court proceedings in any
of these cases, but proceedings under Sections 3 and 9 of the above
Act were taken in respect of two cases of foreign matter in bread
and one case of foreign matter in a Chelsea bun.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933,
and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941.
Applications were received from 327 persons for their names
to be entered on the Council's Register of sellers of poisons included
in Part II of the Poisons List. 656 inspections under these Acts
were made by the Food Inspectors.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
There were 1,450 factories and workshops on the Register at
the end of 1947 and, in addition, 181 persons were receiving workto
be done in their homes.
It was possible to make only 113 inspections owing to the large
amount of housing work, and 42 notices were served in respect of
nuisances found.