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(iv) Biological Tests.—30 samples of milk were submitted to a
biological test for tuberculosis, none of which were found positive.
(v) Milk and Dairies Orders. 1926 and 1938: Inspection of Dairy
Herds.—No inspections were made by the Veterinary Officers of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Ministry's Divisional Inspector
states there was no case of suspected tuberculosis in the Borough during 1945.
(vi) Legal Proceedings.—None were taken during the year.
(vii) Registration.—As a result of the continued unsatisfactory
condition of premises occupied by a person registered as a Retail Purveyor
of Milk, the Council cancelled the registration in pursuance of Sec. 22 of
the Food and Drugs Act, 1938. An appeal against the cancellation was
allowed at Stratford Magistrates' Court. Costs were not awarded against
the Corporation.
It was subsequently necessary for the Town Clerk to send a letter of
warning to this Purveyor in respect of the storage of milk in unregistered
premises.
(viii) Ice Cream Registration.—An ice cream vendor, registered under
Sec. 158 of the Essex County Council Act, 1933, manufacturing ice cream in
East Ham, was summoned before the Council to show cause why the Council,
having regard to the results of bacteriological examination of samples of
ice cream sold by him within the Borough, should not remove his name from
the Register. The vendor and his representative appeared before the Council
who resolved to remove his name from the Register of Vendors.
(ix) Articles op Food Surrendered.
During the year the following articles were surrendered and condemned
as being unfit for the food of man:—
Ale—1 bottle. Bacon—152 lbs. 7 ozs. Baking Powder—145
packets. Biscuits—166½ lbs.; 52 packets; 840 biscuits. Bread—
607½ lbs.; 91 rolls. Cakes—2,336; 409½ lbs. Cake Mixture—749
packets; 56½ lbs. Cereal—15 cwt. 69½ lbs.; 597 packets; 6 tins.
Cheese—1 cwt. 50 lbs. 8 ozs. Cocoa—99 lbs. ; 5 tins. Coffee—18
bottles; 14 lbs. Cream—1 tin. Custard—269 packets; 25 lbs.;
15 drums. Cooked food—32 ozs. Eggs (Shell)—788. Eggs (Dried)—
95 packets; 20 lbs. ; 14 ozs. Eggs (Substitute)—76 lbs. ; 150 packets;
266 tubs. Fish—114 stone, 3 lbs. 2 ozs. ; 1,041 tins; 70 jars. Fish
(Cakes)—2,197. Fish (Shell)—1 bushel. Flour—129 cwt. 19£ lbs.;
1,165 packets. Fruit—43 cwt. 7½ lbs.; 4 tins. Flavouring, Gravy
Powders, etc. —14 lbs. ; 367 packets; 130 bottles. Herbs—152 packets;
28¼ lbs. ; 9 drums. Jam, Marmalade, Preserves, etc.—12 cwt. 75 lbs.
Jellies—12. Gelatine—82 lbs. Margarine, Butter, Lard, etc.—
102 pats; 4 cwt. 41 lbs. 6 ozs. Meat—5 cwt. 10 lbs. 10 ozs. ; 519 tins;
1,541 cases; 15 boxes. Sausages—99 lbs. Rabbits—63 lbs. Poultry
—42. Milk (Fresh)—6 galls. 2 qts. 1 pt. Milk (Tinned)—1,243 tins;
18 lbs. 6 ozs. Mustard—68 tins; 29½ lbs.; 8 jars. Minerals—434
bottles. Pudding Mixtures—577 packets; 144½ lbs. Pickles, Sauces,
etc.—162 jars; 167 bottles. Salt—15 cwt. 66½ lbs.; 140 packets;
40 tins. Salt (Health)—29 packets ; 5 tins. Soda (Bicarb.)—249½ lbs.
Soup—307 tins; 1 tub; 783 packets. Sugar—8 cwt. 55¾ lbs. Confectionery—6
cwt. 25 lbs. 5 ozs.; 1,818 bars; 2 boxes; 1 bottle;
2 tins. Tea—249½ lbs. Vegetables—2 cwt. 103 lbs. ; 79 bags; 841 tins;
4 trays; 48¾ boxes; 158 vegetables. Vegetable (Extract)—5 tins;
18 bottles. Vinegar—86 bottles; 13 pints. Wine—5 bottles.
Food and Drugs Act.—During 1945, 263 samples (258 formal and
5 informal) of Food and Drugs were obtained. Four formal and one informal
samples were not genuine. The following action was taken:—
(i) (a) Egg Substitute Powder.—Deficient in available carbon dioxide to
the extent of 58 per cent. of the quantity proper to egg substitute