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I am indebted to Mr. H. C. Card, Chief Food and Drugs Officer
for the Metropolitan Area of the Essex County Council, for the
particulars of samples purchased and submitted for analysis during
the year. These samples are submitted for chemical examination
to Dr. Bernard Dyer, the County Analyst.
Other
Milk. Butter. Samples. Total.
81 86 86 253
No proceedings were instituted in relation to these samples
during the period covered.
41. UNSOUND FOOD.
The following list gives particulars of the unsound food destroyed
during the year :—
1 ½ sheeps' livers.
Part of breast of lamb.
1½ bushels plums.
Two cases of haddocks.
One bushel two gallons whelks.
42. NUTRITION.
Through the schools, through the various clinics and by the
quiet teaching in the home by the health visitors and school nurses,
a lot of useful work is being done in making available for the general
public the results of recent work in the value of different foods.
The chief trouble we experience is that the principles are very
simple and that carrying out these principles is fraught with many
difficulties, both social and economic.
There is no doubt that much of the money at present spent
on food is spent to economic disadvantage and that those people
who are least able to afford it, pay most in many cases for their
food.