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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 two were sanctioned,
making the total such businesses 27.
To these 101 visits were paid. Most of the 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, 176 samples were analysed. Of these, 129 were
of milk, of which 4 were adulterated. Of 26 samples of spirits, 3
were adulterated, as was one of the 4 samples of minced beef.
Samples of meat, fish and sausages were taken but none of these
proved to be adulterated. A conviction was obtained in the one
case prosecuted.
(D) CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
OF FOOD.
These examinations are carried out at the laboratories of the
Clinical Research Association Limited, Watergate House, Adelphi,
London, W.C.2.