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FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The above Acts are administered by the County, and
Mr. C. H. Baxfield, the Chief Inspector, has kindly given
me a return of the number of samples taken, with the
results, which I herewith append :—
The total number of samples taken in Ilford was 144—
77 of butter, 66 of milk, and 1 of oil of nutmeg.
Of these, 3 of butter and 4 of milk were found to be
adulterated. The sample taken as "oil of nutmeg" proved
to be " oil of mirbane."
In the latter case enquiries were made, and it was found
that a mistake had been made by the wholesale firm. Proceedings
were instituted, but subsequently withdrawn.
For selling margarine as butter, prosecutions were instituted,
and resulted as follows :—
2 dealers were fined £2 and costs, 9/-.
1 dealer was „ £1 „ „ 9/-.
The amount of adulteration of the 4 samples of milk was
not sufficient to warrant further proceedings, and the dealers
were cautioned.
WATER SUPPLY.
The district is broadly divided by the Cranbrook Road
into two areas of water supply. The portion to the West
and North of that road is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board, and the remaining portion by the South Essex
Waterworks Company. Some of the outlying portions are
supplied by shallow wells, and these keep diminishing in
number as the mains of the Water Companies are extended.
In this way numerous shallow wells have been closed during
the course of the last few years, though only one has been
so dealt with during the year that has just passed.