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Cream—28 lbs. Fish paste—30 jars. Lard—83 lbs. Margarine and
Butter—300 lbs. Pudding mixtures—114 pkts., 14 lbs. Cheese—
7 cwts., 85 lbs. Processed cheese in cartons—444. Fruit—1,430 tins,
1 box prunes, 94 lbs. mixed fruit. Sugar—18½ lbs. Jams and Syrups—
559 lbs., 2 jars, 43 tins. Jellies—139 pkts. Pickles—62 jars. Cereals
(various)—13 cwts. 39£ lbs., 9 pkts., 18 tins. Flour—33 bags, 1,051 lbs.
Dough—20 qtrns. Yeast—10½ lbs. Crumpets—8,730 and 3 lots mixture.
Cakes (assorted)—2,663, 6 slabs, 135 lbs. mixture. Custard powder—
26 pkts. Mincemeat—216 lbs. Sweets—359 lbs., 11 boxes and bottles,
2,964 chocolate bars, etc. Tea—4½ lbs. Coffee—4½ lbs. Cocoa—29 lbs.
Potatoes—28 cwts. Miscellaneous canned foods—1 ton 2 cwts. 2 qtrs.,
etc.
In accordance with instructions issued by the Ministry of Food
a considerable proportion of the above goods were collected by the Ministry
of Food Salvage Department. The following were sent to the Refuse
Destructor for immediate destruction:—
215 lbs. rabbits, 32 rabbits; 1 pig's head and collar and 11} lbs. pork;
1 crate, 5 stone catfish; 1 crate megrims; 1 crate dogfish; 5 crans
herrings; 13 lbs. cod fillets; 11 stone whiting; 5 stone fillets; 21 stone
headless cod; 9 stone smoked haddock; 6 stone pilchards; 2 boxes fresh
haddock; 5½ stone mackerel and herring (mixed); 5 stone lemon soles;
5 stone codling; 5 stone gurnet; 150 crabs; 81 fish cakes.
(i) Food and Drugs Act, 1938.—During 1943, 240 samples (227
formal and 13 informal) of Food and Drugs were obtained, 3 of the formal
samples were not genuine.
Prosecution was undertaken in one case, as follows:—
(a) Milk.—The presence of added water to the extent of 12 per cent.
was established.
Retailer fined £5 and £1 11s. 6d. costs.
Of the remaining two cases, the following action was taken:—
(b) Egg Substitute Powder.—A letter of warning was sent by the Town
Clerk. The balance of this vendor's stock was taken over by the Ministry
of Food, for reconditioning.
(c) Mixed Spice.—This sample contained traces of lead, excessive, but
not harmful in small proportions. The Analyst could not support prosecution
of the firm, but a letter of warning was sent by the Town Clerk.
Food Poisoning.
By virtue of Section 82 of the Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, food
poisoning became compulsorily notifiable in Ilford as from 1st October, 1937.
4 cases were notified under the Act and 1 case of suspected food
poisoning was reported to me, but not notified. All were investigated
but none found to be cases of genuine food poisoning.
Bakehouses.—There are 33 bakehouses in the district, 27 of which use
motive power. 191 inspections of bakehouses were carried out during the
year.
It was necessary to call upon the occupiers of bakehouses to carry out
cleansing and other work in 9 instances, and the requests were complied
with in 4 cases.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894-1927. (i) Regulation op Movement
of Swine Fever Order, 1922.—Licences were issued for entry into the
Borough of 175 pigs.
(ii) Sheep Scab Orders and Amendment Orders , 1928, 1930, 1934 and
1934 (No. 2).—There has been no occasion for this Borough to be made into a
"double-dipping" area under these Orders during the year 1943. The only
sheep in the borough, at a large farm of a public Institution, have been
double-dipped unofficially by the owners.