View report page

69
DISINFECTION.
During the year 3,021 rooms were disinfected by formalin
spray, and textile articles such as bedding, clothing, &c., (in all
105,726 articles), removed from infected homes to the Council's
Disinfecting Station for treatment in the steam disinfector.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The following parcels of food were surrendered as unfit
for human consumption and subsequently destroyed:—
1 trunk mixed fish roes
2 trunks cole fish
3 large boxes of sand dabs
1 box hake
1 box herrings
2 boxes plaice
1 sack escallops
1 barrel apples
1 parcel lemons
1 parcel tomatoes
69 cauliflowers.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The following is a Summary of the Legal Proceedings
instituted by order of your Council:—
Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and
Margarine Acts:—
Adulterations :
Summonses issued 16
Convictions obtained 11
Fines imposed £28 10s.
Costs imposed £10 15s. 6d.
One summons was not proceeded with as there was
insufficient evidence with regard to the ownership of the
business. Details of the above are set out in Tables F, G, and
I of the Report of the Public Analyst, in Part IV. of this
Report.