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LIST OF FOOD SHOPS
The total number of food shops in the Borough, sub-divided into their principal trades,
is given hereunder:-
Dairies 14
Ice Cream Manufacturers 10
Wet Fish Shops )
Fried Fish Shops ) 73
Cafes & Restaurants 249
Grocers 364
Greengrocers 110
Butchers 127
Bakers & Bakehouses 64
FOOD AND DRUGS
Disposal of Unsound Food
Unsound food is, for the most part, removed by the Public Cleansing Department and
tipped with other refuse, but large quantities of meat and fish are sent directly to soap or
fertiliser factories in the Borough.
Foodstuffs Condemned During 1958
Meat, fresh 1 ton, 19 cwt.2½ lbs. Jam & Marmalade 373 tins and Jars
Meat, tinned 829 tins Milk & Cream 293 tins
Poultry 16 cwt., 12 lbs. Cereals 347 packets
Ham 16 cwt. 3¾ lbs. Soups 170 tins
Bacon 5 cwt. 52 lbs. Pickles 1 Jar
Salad Cream 4 Jars
Vegetables, tinned 962 tins Cheese (boxes) 31
Vegetables, dried 1 cwt. 63 lbs. Cheese (lbs) 22
Potatoes 2 tons, 10 cwt. Margarine 1 lb.
Tomatoes 9 cwt. 49 lbs. Flour 72 lbs.
Tomatoes, tinned 78 tins Biscuits 4 cwt. 14½ lbs.
Fruit, tinned 1,258 tins Fruit Squash 1 bottle
Fruit, fresh 1 cwt. 30½ lbs. Confectionery ½ lb.
Fruit, dried 45 lbs. Spaghetti 10 tins
Fruit Juices 6l tins Ginger 2 lbs
Tomato Juice 1 tin Raw Sugar 4 tons 15 cwts
Fish, tinned 72 tins
Fish, fresh 1 cwt. 28 lbs.
Food Samples
Details of the number of samples taken during the year are contained in the Annual Report
of the Public Analyst on page 37-38. In this report the Public Analyst gives a table of figures
for the last 5 years showing the percentage of adulteration of the samples submitted to him for
analysis. The percentage of adulteration for the years 1954 and 1955 was comparatively high,
but this was accounted for by circumstances outside the normal rate of adulteration as commonly
understood, inasmuch as during 1954, 35% of the total foods found to be adulterated were oranges
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