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London County Council (General Powers) Act. 1908. Sec. 8.
1a. Tottenham Court Using the basement rooms for Summons adjourned
Road the storage and preparation of sine die. Work done.
food the sinks and lavatory
basin being untrapped and discharging
into channels leading
to open gullies.
The food stalls in the market streets —Bell Street. Great Titchfield Street.
&c.—have been regularly inspected. The system of Saturday night and Sunday
morning inspections inaugurated in 1909 has been continued.
Offensive Trades.
There arc two premises within the borough in which an offensive trade. viz.
tripe boiling. is carried on. The meat inspector made 40 visits of inspection. but
no cause for complaint was found.
Bakehouses.
The number of bakehouses on the register at the end of 1910 remained the
same as in 1909. viz. 78. none having been added and none removed. Of the
78. 70 are below ground. One application for registration of underground
premises. used prior to but not at nor since the passing of the Act in 1901. was
refused by the Public Health Committee.
In order to insure that the requirements of the Public Health (London) Act
1891. and the Factory and Workshop Act. with regard to the twice a year
limewashing. etc.. of inside walls and other parts of bakehouses should not be
neglected. notices calling the attention of occupiers were sent out in 73 cases
and 151 visits were paid by the Meat and Food Inspector. The regulations were
complied with in every instance. proceedings being unnecessary. Notices calling
for drainage and other work were served in 37 instances and were complied with.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The chief point to which attention has to be directed in connection with this
subject. is the great increase in the number of samples taken for analysis under
the Acts relating to the adulteration of food and drugs. The instructions as to
the sampling to be done were issued to the Food Inspector each Saturday
throughout the year. and the total number taken and submitted to the Public
Analyst was 1.068. which is some 300 in excess of the number taken in 1909.
A considerable number were "test" or "informal samples"; many were taken
on Saturday nights and Sundays. or in the early hours of the morning. and
usually an "agent" was employed. The number found to be adulterated was
78. or 7.3 per cent. The percentage of adulterated samples in 1909 was 5.4.
In 70 cases proceedings were instituted against the vendor. and fines and costs
to the amount of £146 9s. od. were recovered.
In two cases of prosecution for adulteration of milk the defence of warranty
was pleaded. and the summonses were dismissed; three for various reasons