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CANAL BOATS ACT.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
During the year 1908, I inspected 32 Dwelling Boats; two Notices have
been issued to repair defects, both of which have been complied with. No
infectious disease or other illness has come under my notice on any of the
Boats inspected, and the regulations have been fairly well observed.
I am Sir, yours obediently,
J. Osborne,
Canal Boat Inspector.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to submit my report for 1908. I made 705 visits to the market
streets during the year, and procured 100 samples of food under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts. 53 inspections were made of premises where food was
exposed for sale or in the course of preparation for sale.
Periodical visits were made to Milkshops, Slaughterhouses, Ice Cream places,
and Cowsheds.
The following food was destroyed at the Council's Dust Destructor as being
unfit for the food of man:—
1 box of Herrings.
1 trunk of Coal Fish.
4 boxes of Grapes.
1 box of Salted Herrings.
2 boxes of Hake.
1 cwt. of Potatoes.
1 trunk of Fresh Haddocks.
4 cwt. of Mussels.
4 stone of Skate.
Bacteriological Elimination of Milk.—I took 16 specimens of milk for
bacteriological examination; 5 specimens were purchased at milkshops as
"Nursery Milk," the remainder were purchased at a cowshed and drawn
straight from the cow into a sterilised bottle.
Periodical Inspection of Registered Premises.—I made the usual inspections of
Bakehouses, Registered Tenement Houses, Workshops, and Factories, where
necessary notices were served for the abatement of nuisances or breaches of
the Statute or By-laws.
I am, &c.,
W. G. Auger.