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Barnes 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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There are 14 bakehouses in use in the area, one of which is an
underground bakehouse. There are 5 bakehouses in the district which
are no longer used, 4 of these are underground and are unfit for use
as such. Forty-five visits of inspection were made and in four instances
informal notices were issued in respect of defective conditions. In
every instance the notice was complied with.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS: MILK AND CREAM
REGULATIONS.
The Council of this Borough is not a Local Authority under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts; these Acts are administered by
the Surrey County Council, and the County Medical Officer has
supplied me with the information contained in the following Table
setting out the work undertaken in this district by the County
Inspectors.
Table XIV.—Return of Samples Analysed during thYear ending 31st December, 1938.
| Articles. | Analysed. | Adulterated or deteriorated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total | Formal | Informal | Total. | |||
| Milk | 21 | 3 | 24 | - | — | — | — | — |
| Butter | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lard | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meat | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liver | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sausages | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Preserved Sau'ges | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sugar | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — - |
| Jam | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ginger Marm'lde | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grape Fruit Conserve | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lemon Squash | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pure Malt Vinegar | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Raisins | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sultanas | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Lysol | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 44 | 8 | 52 | 5 | — | 5 | — | — |