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Barber's Road, and after the building had been passed by the Borough
Engineer and Medical Officer of Health, an annual license was
granted by the Council; (2) a similar application was received from
Mr. Henry Short, of 43, Warmington Street, and ultimately a license
was granted upon conditions (a) that only swine should be slaughtered
and (b) that the hours of slaughtering be limited to those between
7 a.m. and 7 p.m.; (3) the slaughter-house, 176, Balaam Street, was
transferred to Mr. Paul Kelle
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Although each Inspector
of Nuisances is required by the terms of his appointment to take
samples if necessary under the above Acts, a special Inspector is
appointed ad hoc to devote the greater part of his time to carrying out
the duties imposed by their provisions on the Council.
In accordance with the order of the Local Government Board,
dated 28th December, 1907, an application was received in March
from Messrs. Pearks, Ltd., for the registration of the premises No. 21,
Rathbone Street, Canning Town, for the purpose of the business of a
wholesale dealer in margarine and milk-blended butter; and in
September an application was made by Messrs. W. Younger for the
registration of premises No. 18, Martin Street, for the business of a
wholesale dealer in margarine; and in May an application was made
for the registration of premises No. 14, Martin Street, as a butter
factory. All these applications were granted.
In September the Council resolved that the Medical Officer of
Health be authorized to enter, inspect, and take samples in registered
butter factories under Section 2 of the Butter and Margarine Act,
1907.
Under these Acts 1,256 samples were purchased for analysis, and
97 were returned by the Public Analyst as adulterated, the number
of samples taken being at the rate of 4.6 per 1,000 of the census