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Food Shops.
838 visits were paid to butchers' shops, 181 to fish shops, 279
to provision shops, 342 to dairies and milk shops and 261 to greengrocers'
shops.
The following amounts of food stuffs were condemned and
voluntarily surrendered:—Fish 28 stone; bananas 7-lbs.; brussels
sprouts 108-lbs.; chestnuts 2-lbs.; cherries 74 tins; and tomatoes
36 tins.
Fried Fish Shops.
Fish frying is one of the scheduled offensive trades in the
district. At the beginning of the year there were 25 such premises
in the area. During the year another was sanctioned but business
was discontinued at one address. To these a total of 112 visits
were paid. Most of these businesses are carried on in up-to-date
premises with modern appliances. The premises are kept clean
and the few complaints received were promptly attended to.
(c) Adulteration, Etc.
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act is administered by
the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council.
During the year 180 samples were analysed. Of these 159 were
of milk, of which only one was adulterated. None of the samples
of the other commodities examined, which included cream pastries,
spirits, butter, meat and condiments, proved to be adulterated.
(d) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
These examinations are carried out at the laboratories of the
Clinical Research Association, Ltd., Watergate House, Adelphi,
London, W.C.2.