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47.

ANTI-FLY CAMPAIGN
The campaign to combat the fly nuisance was continued. By arrangement,
and with the co-operation of the Transport & Cleansing Superintendent
all dustbins and dust chutes were dusted during the fly-breeding season
with Gammexane after the receptacles had been emptied by the Council's
refuse collectors.
Owners of blocks of flats were again encouraged to take action against
flies, by purchasing insecticide supplied by the Public Health Department
at cost price. Fly sprays were also sold to occupiers of food premises.
FREE WASHING FACILITIES.
Free washing facilities are installed in every public sanitary
convenience in the Borough. These facilities are being made use of by an
increasing number of users of the conveniences and are a regular feature
in the use of public conveniences.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD.
254 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst during the year,
giving a rate of 5.7 per 1,000 population.
These were as follows ;-
Aspirin Tablets 4; Almonds, ground 1; Bread & Butter 7; Butter 4;
Cake & Pudding mixtures 9; Chocolate, drinking 2; Cocoa 1; Coconut,
dessicated 1; Coffee, extract dry 1; Coffee & Chicory, essence 1;
Codeine, linctus 2; Cough Medicines 3; Cream 3; Curry, powder 1;
Dessert Powder 1; Drinks, soft 8; Eucalyptus Oil 1; Fish Paste 3;
Fish, canned 1; Flour, self-raising 1; Flour, batter 1; Fruit, canned 3;
Fruit, dried 1; Fruit Juice 1; Gin l; Gelatine 2; Glycerine of
Thymol 1; Glpuber's Salt 1; Health Salts 1; Jam 6; Jelly, Tablet 1;
Lard 1; Margarine 5; Marzipan 1; Marmalade 1; Mayonnaise 1; Meat
products, canned 6; Meat products, pie 1; Liver Sausage 1; Meat products,
minced 3; Meat, paste 2; Milk 103; Milk, condensed 5; Mincemeat 1;
Mustard 2; Olive Oil 1; Pastry, mixture 1; Pepper 1; Pickles 2;
Proprietary Medicines 4; Pudding, Xmas 2; Ravioli, canned 1: Sauce 5;
Sausages 2; Semolina 1; Soup, canned 3; Soda, bicarb 2; Spices 2;
Suet, shredded 1; Tapioca 1; Tea 4; Tomatoes, canned 1; Vegetables,
canned 5; Vinegar 4; Vitamin Tablets 1; Whisky 3.