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Adulteration, etc.
The Essex County Council is the responsible Authority for the
administration of the following Acts and Regulations :—
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928; Artificial Cream
Act, 1929; Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923
and 1927; Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923 and 1927;
and the Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations,
1925 to 1927.
I am indebted to the Chief Inspector (Mr. A. Horsnell) for the
following information regarding samples taken in Leyton during the
year under review.
Samples of milk taken 68
Samples of butter taken 45
Other samples 244
SECTION F.
FACTORIES.
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
This Act came into force on 1st July, 1938. It consolidates
the law regarding factories, replaces the Factory and Workshop
Acts of 1901 and 1907, and repeals partially some other smaller
enactments.
The term Workshop is now abolished, and factories are divided
into two categories :—Power Factories and Non-Power Factories.
In regard to all factories the provisions of Part I of the Act
which relate to sanitary conveniences are to be enforced by District
Councils.
As regards the provisions dealing with cleanliness, overcrowding,
temperature, ventilation, and drainage of floors—these
are to be enforced by the District Councils only in the case of
non-power factories.
The Act prohibits the use as bakehouses of basement bakehouses
other than those in use on 30th July, 1937, and which
had been previously certified. A basement bakehouse not used