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East Ham 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
The Essex County Council is the Authority responsible for
the administration of this Act in the Borough. The Inspector for
the District, Mr. Card, has supplied the following particulars of
the work done during the year:—
Number of samples taken in East Ham during the year ended
December 31st, 1914:—
Milk 173
Butter 182
Other samples 7
Total 362
Ten prosecutions were undertaken and resulted in convictions and fines, as follows
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In respect of Butter | 2 | 10 | 0 & costs | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ Butter | 2 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ Butter | 3 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 2 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 2 | 0 | 0 „ | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 2 | 0 | 0 „ | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 2 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 2 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 1 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ Milk | 1 | 0 | 0 „ | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Cautions have been given where proceedings were not
advisable.
FOOD INSPECTION.
The inspection of food is carried out as far as possible by
the Inspectors and myself, but in a Borough of this size there
should be sufficient work for a special Inspector to devote most
of his time to this work.
During the latter part of the year since the outbreak of war
there has been a great demand for meat to supply the troops and
a considerable amount of slaughtering has taken place at the
slaughter-houses in the Borough.