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§4. FOOD INSPECTORS' REPORTS.
The following are the Reports of the Sanitary Inspectors of Food and
Food premises:—
Inspectors' Office,
Town Hall, St. Pancras.
To Dr. J. F. J. Sykes,
Medical Officer of Health.
Dear Sir,
I beg to submit to you a Report of my work in the Northern and
Eastern Divisions of the Borough for the year ended 31st December, 1903.
Milkshops.—I made 357 visits to milkshops, and with four exceptions found
the premises and milk vessels generally satisfactory. During these visits I
found 45 persons selling milk without being registered in accordance with the
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order; this is an increase on the number of
last year.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—I obtained 250 samples of milk, butter, and
other articles for analysis by the Public Analyst, of which 48 samples were
adulterated, and proceedings taken in 15 cases.
Licensed Slaughter-houses.—I made 242 inspections of the eight private
slaughter-houses in the divisions and saw 743 sheep, 123 pigs, 168 bullocks,
9 calves, and 46 lambs killed and dressed, and such organs as on examination
were found to be diseased I had removed by consent of the owners, under
Sub-section 8 of Section 47 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

On two occasions I had to call the attention of the Licensee to breaches of
the By-laws. I might mention that at some of the slaughter-houses slaughtering
takes place after office hours.