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Adulteration, etc.
The Essex County Council is the responsible Authority for the
administration of the following Acts and Regulations:—
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928; Artificial Cream
Act, 1929; Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923
and 1927; Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923 and 1927;
and the Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations,
1925 to 1927.
I am indebted to the Chief Inspector (Mr. H. C. Card) for the
following information regarding samples taken in Leyton during the
year under review.
Samples of milk taken 73
Samples of butter taken . 68
Other samples 248
SECTION F.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Workshops and Workplaces.
One hundred and fifty-three inspections were made during the
year. Defects were found to exist and have been remedied in
12 cases. Four notices were received from H.M. Inspector of
Factories of nuisances remediable under the Public Health Acts.
One hundred and forty-four workshops remain on the Register
at the end of the year and are grouped as follows:—
Accumulator charging and radio repairs 5
Bakehouses 17
Bedding manufacturers 1
Blacksmiths 3
Boot and shoe makers and repairers 14
Builders' merchants 1
Cabinet makers 5
Cardboard-box manufacturers 1
Confectionery manufacturers 4
Corset makers 1
Cycle repairers 1
Dressmakers 13
Dyers, cleaners and pressers 3
Enameller and plater 1
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