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Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912.
The,following is a report of the work done under the regulations during
the year ended '29 th December, 1917:—
373 samples of milk and 9 of cream not sold as preserved cream were
taken, and in two cases (cream) preservatives were reported to be
present. Warning letters were issued in these cases.
Three sarpples of cream sold as preserved cream were taken, and were
found to be in order
No other contraventions of the regulations were discovered.
Inspection of Food Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 47].
The Food-Inspectors have kept under regular inspection food exposed or
deposited for gale in slaughterhouses, shops (especially butchers', cooked meat
and fishmongers' shops), stalls, and market places.
Three seizures of unsound food have been made during 1917, as follows:—
Date.
Division and Sub Division.
Description of Article.
Prosecution
and
Result.
1917.
May 4
East-Ossulston
107 oranges
Fined £1
costs
£1 1s.
July 21
,, ,,
172 lbs. strawberries
Fined £5
Sept. 11
North—Gospel Oak
8 lbs. apples (cautioned)
On 40 occasions during the year unsound food has been surrendered by the
owners to the food inspectors and destroyed as trade refuse.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.
Cowsheds.—7'here were at the end of 1917 five licensed cowsheds in the
borough, as in the previous year. The-e are registered for 110 cows. One
of these changed hands during the year, the new occupier being licensed.
Tbey have befen kept under inspection by the food inspectors, 64 inspections
having been made during the year.
Milkshops and Dairies.—13 applications for registration under the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders were considered during 1917. They were
all acceded to.
The figures in regard to registration of milkshops are set out below : —
No. of purveyors of milk at retail milkshops on register at end
of 1916 242
Deduct No. of purveyors removed from register during 1917 32
Add No. of purveyors added to register by resolution of Council
during 1917 13
No. of purveyors of milk at retail milkshops on register at end of
1917 223