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Barnes 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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the Council made the necessary preparations to take over the
administration within the Borough of the Acts and Regulations
relating to Adulteration, etc., of Food and Drugs, the administration
of which had been previously undertaken by the Surrey County
Council.
The County Medical Officer has supplied me with the information
contained in the following Table setting out the work undertaken
in this Borough by the County Inspectors.
Table 3.—Return of Samples Analysed during the Year
| Articles, | Analysed | Adulterated or deteriorated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal. | Total | Format | Informal | Total. | |||
| 13 | 6 | 19 | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | 9 | 29 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | |
UNSOUND FOOD.
In no instance was it found necessary to seize unsound food on
any premises.
The following articles were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed
as being unfit for human consumption:—
3 stone of dog fish.
30 lbs. of ox liver.
1 pig's liver.