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In addition, 66 informal samples of new milk were purchased
by your inspectors and submitted for analysis. All
samples proved genuine.
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Informal samples of milk are analysed by an analytical
chemist in London, and formal samples by the Public Analyst
for Kent.
Facilities are available at the Kent County Laboratory
and the Clinical Research Association for the bacteriological
examination of food.
Factories and Workshops.
There are 102 factories and workshops on the register, in
the great majority of which very few people are employed.
Eight notices were served respecting cleansing, defective
sanitary accommodation, etc., and complied with, and in 13
cases defects were remedied after verbal intimations had been
given.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
Complaints were received from various parts of the
district and investigated, 117 visits being paid in this connection.
Poisons were supplied, traps set and lent, and rat
runs gassed. Poison baits were also laid in the sewers from time
to time. When considered necessary the drains of premises
were tested with smoke, and where found to be defective, were
remedied.