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improvements effected from time to time, and the cleansing and
lime-washing regularly carried out.
There are 32 Milksellers on the register, all have been constantly
visited and attention given to the arrangements for storing
the milk, the cleanliness of the utensils and the protection of the
milk from dust, etc.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
During the first two months of the year 15 samples of Butter
were taken, and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis, who
reported that all were genuine.
Early in March the Council decided to discontinue the taking
of samples under the above Acts, and forwarded a request to the
Essex County Council that they should instruct their Inspectors to
take a certain number of samples per annum, (not to be less than in
the ratio of 3 samples per 1,000 of the estimated population) within
the district of Barking.
This the County Council agreed to do.
At this point it may be of interest to record the number of
samples taken by me and submitted to the Analyst since my
appointment in 1901, as Inspector under the before-mentioned
Acts, which were as follows:—