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PART II.
ADMINISTRATION.
water supply
1. No house was provided with an additional water supply
last year under the London County Council (General Powers) Act.
2. Defective and foul storage cisterns were found and remedied
at nine houses, compared with 93,' 40 and 44 in the three
preceding years. At 19 houses the supply was found insufficient
or temporarily cut off, and the necessary steps taken for obtaining
a proper supply.
3. 457 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst, and
33 or 7.2 per cent were found to be adulterated, compared with
2.7, 5.6, 7.3, 7.9 and 9.4 in the five preceding years.
248 of the samples taken were informal. 17 of these
were found to be adulterated.
4. Proceedings were taken in 15 cases; fines were inflicted
in 11, in 3 there was proof of warranty, and in one costs
were given against the defendant.
5. Over £30 was imposed in fines and £13 in costs.
6. 185 of the samples were fresh milk. 14 of these, or
7.6 per cent, were adulterated, compared with 3.5, 7.9, 9.7,
10.0 and 5.9 in the five preceding years.
91 samples were bought as butter and 6 were found to
be adulterated.
Of the other articles analysed, 13 were found to be
adulterated, viz., 2 samples of preserved cream, 2 margarine.
4 zinc ointment, 2 mustard, 1 coffee and 2 lard. The preserved
cream contained boric acid in excess of the amount allowed by
the Regulations. The mustard was adulterated with starch, the
coffee with chicory, and the lard with cot-ton-seed oil. The
zinc ointment was deficient in zinc oxide.
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