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(iv) Biological Tests.—42 samples of milk were submitted to a
biological test for tuberculosis, none of which was found positive.
(v) Milk and Dairies Orders, 1926 and 1938: Inspection or Dairy
Herds.—One inspection was 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 1946.
(vi) Legal Proceedings.—As a result of the discovery of the body of a
mouse contained in a bottle of milk delivered to one of the schools in the
Borough, legal proceedings were taken against the dairy firm concerned, and
at Stratford Magistrates' Court the firm was fined £20, \?ith 5 guineas costs,
for selling milk unfit for human consumption.
A month later another bottle of milk delivered by the same firm to
another school in the Borough was found to contain an earwig. Legal proceedings,
on the same grounds as in the previous case, were again instituted,
and at the Stratford Court a fine of £30, with 5 guineas costs, was imposed.
(vii) Registration.—No application for registration was refused during
1946.
(viii) Articles of Food Surrendered.
During the year the following articles were surrendered and condemned
as being unfit for the food of man:—
Bacon—31 lbs. 9 ozs. Biscuits—152 lbs. ; 23 packets; 26 tins.
Bread—15 cwt. 8 ozs. Butter—5 lbs. 2 ozs. Cake Mixture—20
packets. Cereals—1 cwt. 56½ lbs.; 22 bags; 100 packets; 24 tins.
Cheese—99J lbs. Cocoa—1 tin. Confectionery—-8 cwt, 102 lbs., 2 ozs.
14 packets, 830 lollies, 13 sticks, and 107 bars. Eggs (shell)—97.
Eggs (dried)—2 packets, 1 tin. Fish—1 ton, 13 cwt., 3 stones; 19
boxes. Fish (tinned)—1,061 tins. Fish (shell)—1 bag; 26 lobsters.
Fish (cakes)—2,160. Flour—5½ cwt. Fruit (tinned)—437 tins. Fruit
(dried)—9 cwt., 56½ lbs. Fruit juices—6 bottles. Flavouring, Gravy
Powders, etc.—237 packets, 22 bottles, 54½ dozen cubes. Herbs—87
packets. Jam, Marmalade, Preserves, etc.—210 jars. Jellies—148.
Margarine—16 lbs. 4 ozs. Meat—4 cwts. 15J lbs. Meat (tinned)—768
tins. Meat (pies)—64. Medical foods—4 tins. Milk (tinned)—3,438
tins. Milk (dried)—21 packets. Mustard—1 tin. Paste (meat, fish,
etc.)—114 jars. Puddings (tinned)—28. Pudding Mixtures—92
packets. Pickles, Sauces, etc.—38 jars. Rabbit—48 lbs. Salt—3
packets. Soup (tinned)—70 tins. Soup (powder)—4 packets. Sausages—16½
lbs.; 10 tins. Sausage Rusk—279 lbs. Suet—7 packets;
14 lbs. Sugar—2 cwt. Vegetables—122 lbs. Vegetables (tinned)—
944 tins.
Food and Drugs Act.—During 1946, 190 samples (189 formal and
1 informal) of Food and Drugs were obtained. One formal sample was not
genuine. The following action was taken:—
(а) Egg Substitute Powder.—Deficient in available carbon dioxide to
the extent of approximately 13 per cent, of the quantity proper to
egg substitute powder. Detailed analysis showed that the
preparation had deteriorated.
In respect of this case a letter of warning was sent to the retailer by the
Town Clerk.
(b) Semolina.—Though genuine, found to be very lumpy and out of
condition. A letter of warning was sent by the Town Clerk to the
retailer, who was advised to remove the old stock from sale.
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.
(Also notifiable under Sec. 17, Food and Drugs Act, 1938.)
Five cases were "notified" under the Act, and in one instance a case of
suspected food poisoning was reported to me.