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FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
553 samples have been submitted to the Public Analyst for
examination. 22 of these were formal samples and 531 were informal
samples. 24 samples were reported against.
The percentage of adulterated samples was 4.34.
Legal proceedings were necessary in 5 cases.
4 applications were received for registration as dairymen
or purveyors of milk, all of which were granted.
4 supplementary licenses were issued under the Milk (Special
Designations) Orders 1936 & 1938.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
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The general sanitary supervision has been maintained and in
this connection 2,462 inspections have been made. As a consequence
of these inspections it was necessary to serve 3 Statutory Orders and
14 Intimation Notices. No legal proceedings were necessary.
Tenement Houses were inspected and the only common lodging
house in the City was kept under regular supervision.
HOUSING.
The total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing
lefects was 92. 25 were found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation; 23 of these were rendered fit, in 16
cases as a result of informal action by the inspectors, and in 7
cases subsequent to the service of notices requesting the defects to
he remedied. One case of overcrowding in the City was reported, but
was remedied as a result of informal action by the Inspector.
FACTORY ACT, 1937.
Factory premises have been under such supervision as has been
possible having regard to their needs.
There are 4 above-ground bakehouses and 4 underground bakehouses
.
The provisions of the Act relating to outworkers have been
carried out as heretofore.
No case of infectious disease was. reported in connection with
outworkers' premises in the City.
SHOPS ACT, 1934.
37 shops and warehouses have been inspected and where
necessary re-inspected. Any-defects have been remedied without
recourse to legal proceedings.
PHARFlACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
67 firms were registered under this Act, 61 of Which were
re-registrations .
FERTILIZERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926.
The provisions of the above Act were carried out without
re-course to legal proceedings or especial difficulty.