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(4) Arrangements for chemical and bacteriological work dnring the
year and their results.—Full particulars with regard to these arrangements
have been given under more appropriate headings. It may be noted at this
point, however, that under the Rag Flock Act, 1911, four samples were taken
and submitted to the public analyst who reported that three samples contained
30, 30 and 13 parts chlorine per 100,000 respectively, and the fourth sample 1,000
parts of chlorine per 100,000, an amount largely above the standard laid
down in the Rag Flock Regulations, 1912. Legal proceedings were instituted,
when the defendant laid an information against the manufacturers of the flock,
who were summarily convicted of the offence and fined £l0 and £7 7s. costs.
During the year a small laboratory in the Town Hall was fitted up for the
use of the Council's bacteriologist at a total cost of £106 6s. A considerable
saving of time has resulted from the establishment of this laboratory, particularly
in connection with the sending out of reports to medical practitioners submitting
specimens for diagnostic purposes.