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6. Seven seizures of unsound food were made, and 13 lots
were surrendered spontaneously by the owners. Four were
butchers' meat, 2 rabbits, 9 fish, 1 eggs, and 4 fruit or vegetables.
Each lot seized was condemned by a magistrate, and
three owners were prosecuted ; one was fined £20, one was
imprisoned three months in default of paying a fine of £20,
and one case was dismissed in spite of very strong evidence
that the food (rabbits) was unsound at the time of seizure,
mainly because two days elapsed before it was taken to a
magistrate owing to Sunday intervening.
All food seized and surrendered was destroyed at the dust
destructor. In 1901 there were 8 seizures and 9 surrenders of
unsound food.
Milk and Tuberculosis.
7. In my last report, I referred to action taken with respect
to the occurrence of tuberculosis in the udder of cows and in
milk. In 1902, 14 further samples of milk were examined bacteriologically
for the presence of tubercle bacilli, with a negative
result in all cases, two samples being from the same source as
those previously found to contain tubercle bacilli. This result
is satisfactory. Altogether, 22 samples have been examined in
the two years, and 2, or 10 per cent, found to contain tubercle
bacilli. All these samples were from milk imported from
outside London, all cows in Metropolitan cowsheds being
carefully inspected for tuberculosis by the London County
Council.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1885.
8. 164 dairymen are on the register, and the dairies have
all been inspected once during the year.
Defects were found and remedied at the instance of the
Sanitary Inspector in 5 cases. No proceedings were taken
under this Order,