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Milk—1,371 tins. Cream—6 tins. Fish Paste—118 jars. Lard—2 cwt.
39 lbs. Margarine and Butter—4 cwt. 52 lbs. Pudding Mixture—493
pkts. Cheese—18 cwt. 28 lbs. Fruit—100 tins. Sugar—4 cwts. 89 lbs.
Jams and Syrups—866 jars. Pickles—115 jars. Cereal (various)—582
pkts. Flour—32 cwt. 63 lbs. Cakes (assorted)—171. Cake Mixture—
142 pkts. Custard Powder—2 cwt. 76 lbs. Sweets—2 cwt. 62 lbs. Tea—
10J cwt. Coffee—27 tins. Cocoa—251 tins. Potatoes—6 lbs. Biscuits
—3 cwts. 69 lbs. Salt—4 cwt. 51 lbs. Poultry—1 cwt. 98 lbs.
(i) Food and Drugs Act, 1938.—During 1944, 200 samples (196
formal and 4 informal) of Food and Drugs were obtained, 4 of the formal
samples were not genuine.
Prosecution was undertaken in one case, as follows:—
(a) Milk.—Deficient in milk fat to the extent of at least 45 per cent, of
the normal quantity proper to natural milk.
Retailer fined, as a first offence, £2 2s. Advocate's Fee, Analyst's Fee
£3 3s., and Court Costs 7s.
Of the remaining three cases, the following action was taken:—
(b) Baking Powder.—Deficient in available carbon dioxide to the extent
of approximately 20 per cent. As a result of detailed analysis this showed
that the Baking Powder may have deteriorated to some extent, and a
prosecution was therefore not advised.
(c) Egg Substitute Powder.—Deficient in available carbon dioxide to
the extent of 25 per cent, of the quantity proper to egg substitute powder.
A letter of warning was sent to the Retailer by the Town Clerk.
(d) Seidlitz Powder.—Two white packets deficient in Tartaric Acid to
the extent of 20.8 and 15.6 per cent. respectively of the quantity prescribed
in the B.P.
A letter of warning was sent by the Town Clerk to the Retailer, and also
the firm responsible for dispensing the product.
As a result of complaint that Cider was being sold as Sherry, a sample
was taken and submitted to analysis. Whilst the Analyst reported the
sample as satisfactory in respect of alcoholic strength and freedom from
methylated spirit, further enquiries were instituted by a neighbouring
Metropolitan Borough. Under the provisions of Section 83 of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938, the licensee laid information against the Producers, who
were fined £20 with 10 guineas costs, for selling Sherry deficient in Alcohol
22.5 per cent., and by flavour and presence of Malic Acid 50 per cent.,
indicating apple juice.
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.
No cases were "notified" under the Act, but 8 cases of suspected food
poisoning were reported to me.
All were investigated but none were found to be cases of genuine food
poisoning.
Bakehouses.—There are 37 bakehouses in the district, 29 of which use
motive power. 182 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 10 instances, and the requests were complied
with.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894-1927. (i) Regulation of Movement
of Swine Fever Order, 1922.—Licences were issued for entry into the
Borough of 96 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