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Barking 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(b) Unsound Food.—The following list gives particulars of unsound food
destroyed during the year :—
83 lbs. cherries.
74 lbs. of beef.
60 lbs. chilled beef.
420 bottles of sauce.
6 lbs. corned beef.
1 case of apples.
5 stones skate wings.
54 lbs. of tinned vegetables.
2 tins of meat and fish products.
10 bags of cabbages and spring greens (mixed).
3. ADULTERATION, ETC.
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and kindred Acts and
Regulations are administered in this district by the Essex County Council.
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, Great Tower
Street, London.
The following table gives particulars of notifications received, and the animals slaughtered, during the eight years ended December 31st, 1935.
| Year | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications Received | 126 | 72 . | 64 | 39 | 57 | 34 | 205 | 236 |
| Cattle | 40 | 04 | 80 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 350 | 447 |
| Pigs | 409 | 137 | 93 | 200 | 84 | 18 | 502 | 1131 |
| Sheep | 815 | 420 | 332 | 173 | 270 | 241 | 1038 | 1346 |
| Calves | 71 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 140 | 157 |
| Totals | 1335 | 637 | 516 | 386 | 373 | 301 | 2030 | 3081 |
No proceedings were instituted during the period covered.
4. CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF FOOD.
The bacteriological examination of all milk, ice-cream and water samples is
carried out for this Authority by the Counties' Public Health Laboratories, of 91,
Queen Victoria Street, London, whilst the examination of samples of milk for the
presence of tubercle is carried out by Dr. S. R. Gloyne, of the Victoria Park Hospital,
Hackney.
Diseased meat was destroyed as under:—
| Description. | Disease | Weight. |
|---|---|---|
| 255 beasts' lungs | Tuberculosis | 2550 lbs. |
| 6 „ lungs | Echinococcus Vet. | 60 „ |
| 2 „ lungs | Parasitic | 20 „ |
| 8 „ lungs | Adhesions | 80 „ |
| 2 „ lungs | Abscesses | 20 „ |
| 2 „ lungs | Aspirated | 20 „ |
| 2 „ lungs | Abscess & Cirrhosis | 20 „ |
| 29 „ livers | Cirrhosis | 406 „ |