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houses in Marylebone will have to be carefully examined, and
it will be in the power of the Council to say that such and such
bakehouse shall be closed.
The grounds for certification or not are somewhat vague.
The section states that no certificate is to be granted unless the
" Council is satisfied that it is suitable as regards construction,
light, ventilation, and in all other respects."
It is quite obvious that under this section the procedure
will be unequal in different districts, for what will satisfy one
Council will fail to satisfy another. The underground bakehouses
in this district have been regularly inspected year by
year, and as a rule have been found to favourably compare with
those of other districts. What, if any, alterations structurally are
necessary to conform to the 1901 Act, is a matter for future
consideration.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. (See Table II.)
The work under these Acts has been somewhat extensive
during the past year, the large number of 646 samples having
been analysed. These comprised 115 samples of milk, 5 samples
of butter, and one sample of French beans. The latter contained
an undue amount of copper. Only 21 samples were reported
as adulterated. In most of the above instances prosecutions
were instituted, and the vendors fined small sums, the minimum
fine being 10s., the maximum £5. The fines recovered under
the Acts amounted to £29 2s. 6d. A definite standard having
been now fixed for milk and margarine, these articles in future
are likely to be more uniform in quality, besides which the
analyst has definite rules for guidance and differences of opinion
are not so likely to take place.