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to ensure the speedy removal of all refuse and scraps and to
clean up frequently. There have been, in addition, 3,233
other inspections of shops and of the stalls in the markets.
UNSOUND FOOD.
There were 339 instances of unsound food being surrendered.
This compares with 210 in 1925. Included in the
food surrendered were:—1 ton, 8 cwts., 3 qrs., Beef;
18 cwts., 3 qrs., 22 lbs., Pork; 6 qrs., 7 lbs., Pigs' Livers;
2 tons, 7 cwts., 2 qrs., 15 lbs., Ox Livers; 3 cwts., 18 lbs.,
Mutton; 10 cwts., 3 qrs., Fish; 2 cwts., Ox Lungs; 2 cwts.,
Tomatoes; 2 lbs., Rabbit; 1½ cwts., Cocoa; 2 bushels,
Winkles; 15 cwts., Apples; 5 lbs., Chicken; 312 lbs.,
Damsons; 12 lbs., Ox Tongues, and 4 lbs. of Ox Kidneys.
No intimation was received during the year that any
such food was being sent into the Borough for animal food.
One seizure was made of a quantity of damsons. Two summonses
were served, one for offering the damsons for sale
and the other for having damsons deposited for the purpose
of sale. In the first case the defendant was fined £2, and in
the second £1 and £2 2s. costs.
FOOD POISONING.
No case of food poisoning was reported during the year.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The number of samples taken under these Acts was 547,
ten of which were found by the Public Analyst to be
adulterated. The percentage of adulterated samples was 1.8,
which compares with 3.9 in the previous year. Seventeen
samples were taken on Sundays, none of which were
adulterated. Six bottles of medicine, supplied in accordance
with prescriptions for panel patients under the National
Health Insurance Acts were obtained and were found to be
genuine.
The following Table, No. 34, gives details of the analyses
made.