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Food Supply.
The food supply of the district is derived mostly
from the London markets, and the meat shows evidence
of having been previously inspected. No complaints of
unsound food having been sold have been received, and
there is no doubt, that should a food vendor resident
in the district become possessed of food the wholesomeness
of which he suspected, he would communicate with
your inspector before offering the same for sale. I
have given the food hawkers' carts constant inspection,
in fact I seldom allow one to pass me in the street
without inspecting the contents, and have found nothing
unwholesome or unfit for food.
The milk supply of the district is good. In the early
summer a sample of milk was taken from every farm
supplying milk bo the district on its arrival by train.
This work necessitated your inspector being about soon
after 4 a.m., and the co-operation of the milk vendors,
in allowing him to take the samples, and trace the source
of them by the invoices, often at some inconvenience, is
much appreciated. Twenty-two samples!, from cows on
25 farms were taken and submitted for examination
for the Tubercle Bacillus, in each case, with negative
result; every sample was further reported as free from
pus or blood, and there is no doubt that considerable
care is exercised by the farmers supplying milk to this
district.
Four informal samples of milk were taken and submitted
to the public analyst, through the Middlesex
County Inspector, and they were reported as " not
adulterated."
There are four Cowsheds in the district now in
use and about 68 cows.
There are six bakeries in the district, of these two
are underground. They are frequently inspected. The
remaining four are detached buildings at the rear of
confectioners' shops. They are small, and often have
considerable quantities of flour stored in them which
encroaches on the air space. Another disadvantage is
the fact that the frequent journeys between bakehouse
and shop, through the yards carries dirt into the