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§ 4. FOOD INSPECTORS' REPORTS.
The following are the Reports of the Sanitary Inspectors of Food and Food
premises:—
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I herewith submit my Annual Report for the year ended December
31st, 1905, upon my work in the Southern and Western Divisions of the
Borough of St. Pancras.
Markets.
The market streets, stalls, costers' barrows, butchers', greengrocers', fish
shops, and fish curing premises have been inspected daily, 2,300 inspections
have been made and the following articles of food destroyed as being unfit for
human food.
10 barrels of grapes.
48 boxes of dates.
3½ bushels of dates.
Carcase of pig.
16 gals, of milk.
8 stones of fish (plaice).
10 ½ lbs. of cherries.
14 stones of plums.
Food Makers.—I have made 448 inspections of premises where food stuffs
are made, such as sausages, polonys, pork pies, &c., and have found the meat
and other ingredients use free from diseases and wholesome, and the premises,
machinery, &c., clean.
Slaughter-homes.—There are 13 slaughter-houses in the Southern and
"Western Divisions, which I have inspected 286 times and found them kept in
accordance with the L.C.C. By-laws. I have seen a number of animals
slaughtered, examined the carcases and offals and have found all free from
disease and of first-class quality.
Cow-sheds.—There are five licensed cow-sheds, registered to keep 102 cows;
95 inspections have been made, the premises have been kept clean, and the
L.C.C. By-laws observed. There has not been any disease amongst the
animals, all of which are good quality cows.
Milkshops.—I have make 416 inspections of the registered milkshops and
dairies, and have found the L.C.C. regulations as to cleanliness fairly complied
with.
Food and Drugs Acts.—I have submitted to the Public Analyst for
analysis 375 samples of milk, butter, coffee, &c., and four samples of canal
water, taken from certain parts of the Regent's Canal within the Borough of
St. Pancras.
Bacterial Examination. —I have submitted eight samples of milk for
examination; one sample I seized under the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and conveyed it to the Police Court. I obtained a Magistrate's Order to