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Description of Article Result of Analysis Action Taken
Rum (Formal) 8% of added water. Court Proceedings
bation of Offenders
Act. Costs £5 5s. Od.
Milk, 3 (Formal) 1, 2 & 6% added water, (a) Letter of warning
to wholesaler concerned,
(b) Employee
discharged.
Herring Tit-Bits (Informal)
Contents not sterile. Stock surrendered.
(e) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Foods.
Chemical examination is carried out by the Public Analyst,
Dr. Dyer, 20 Eastcheap, E.C.3, and bacteriological examination by
the Counties Public Health Laboratories, 66 Victoria Street, S.W.I.
(f) Circular letters were sent to all street traders directing
special attention to their responsibilities regarding protection of foodstuffs
against contamination by flies, dust, dirt, etc.
All manufacturers and vendors of ice cream were circularised on
two occasions, bringing to their notice topical matters.
Bye-laws regulating the sale of food in the open air are still
urgently needed.
RENT AND MORTGAGE RESTRICTION ACTS
During the year twenty-five certificates were granted to tenants
and eight clearance certificates were issued to owners. One clearance
certificate was refused.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894-1938
The Sheep Scab Order, 1938.—No action necessary.
Swine Fever Order, 1938.—No action necessary.
Regulation of Movement of Swine Order, 1922.—No action
necessary.
Parasitic Mange Order, 1938. No action necessary.
Foot and Mouth Disease (Infected Areas) Special Orders,
1947.—Three licences for movement of pigs countersigned.
The following Orders were dealt with as necessary :—
Fowl Pest (Amendment) Order, 1947, No. 1 6 ? No. 2.
Sales of Live Poultry Orders, 1947 (Three).
Live Poultry (Prohibition of Movement) Orders, 1947
(Two).
Boiling of Animal Foodstuffs Order, 1947.