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20 JANUARY, 1892. 225
12 in the North Ward,
10 „ East „
6 „ West „
11 „ Centre „
5 „ South „
(b) That proceedings were taken against the sellers of the
adulterated articles with the following results:
Milk admixed with 15 per cent. of added water—Fine
of 20/- and costs.
Pepper admixed with 20 per cent. of foreign matter—
Fine of 10/- and costs.
Coffee admixed with 75 per cent. of chicory—Fine of
20/- and costs.
Butter admixed with 35 per cent. of foreign fat—Fine
of 20/- and costs.
Coffee admixed with 70 per cent. of chicory—Fine of
30/- and costs.
(c) That proceedings were taken against the person who
refused to sell a sample of Butter for the purpose of
analysis, and who was fined £4 and costs.
(5) That your Medical Officer of Health reported as follows:
"It is my duty to inform you that we shall have in my
department many new and important additional duties
cast upon us, not the least will be regular systematic inspection
of Factories and Workshops; inspecting underground
rooms, carrying out new Bye-laws which are to
be made, and many other additional duties, besides a
large amount of additional clerical work will have to be
carried out so as to keep a complete register of all the
work that is done from time to time.
I think the Committee should seriously consider if our
present staff will be large enough to carry out the duties
that the new Act will devolve on us. My own opinion
is that we require additional help; at the present time
our Inspectors have a large amount of their time taken
up with clerical work, such as preparing Notices, filling in
Report Books, &c., all of which could be done by a clerk,
and so they would be able to give more time to the inspection
of the district. There is one clause of the Act
which pointedly states that each Sanitary Authority is
required to appoint an adequate number of Inspectors,
that being part of the Act. I can only give you my
advice and say that to carry out and work the "Public
Health Act, 1891," as it is required to be done, our
present staff is not sufficient."
That having regard to such Report, and after careful consideration,
your Committee resolved to recommend—That a