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the same conditions. This action was rendered unnecessary,
however, as she failed to recover from her accident.
The second case was of an old lady who was suffering
from Senile Dementia, and as action under the Lunacy Acts
seemed more appropriate, steps were taken to secure her
certification and she was admitted to a Mental Hospital.
During the year there were no cases compulsorily removed,
but Court proceedings were initiated in the one case mentioned
above.
SECTION C. — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Clean Food Campaign. With the strengthening of the
sanitary staff by an additional appointment and the securing of
highly experienced staff it has been possible to embark on a
vigorous campaign for improvement in food distribution and
manufacture.
The question of establishing Guilds, with standards or socalled
Codes of Practice, was given careful consideration by the
Council but in view of the fact that new Model Byelaws were
to be made available in due course by the Ministry of Food
which would contain practically all the features of the various
Codes of Practice with the additional force of the law behind
them, and the obvious difficulties in administering such an organisation,
the Committee decided to devote their efforts towards
educational methods of approach. As a first step it was decided
to set up a Food Advisory Committee with representatives of
all the food traders in the area. It was hoped to secure their
support in staging a Clean Food Exhibition, which was regarded
as an ideal way of opening such a campaign. These activities
extend beyond the period covered by this report and the success
of the Food Exhibition will be a matter for record on a future
occasion.
Food and Drugs Act. The sampling of ice cream for purity
control, as will be seen on page 38 occupies a considerable
proportion of the time spent on Food and Drug supervision.
The greater availability of fats has been shown by the analyses
done during the year to have resulted in a very great improvement
in the quality of ice-cream. This is of interest when we
remember that the setting up of a minimum standard of fat
content was under consideration a short time ago. It seems that
trade competition has been sufficient to stimulate the production
of a good product.
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