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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Mr. James Kear Colwell, F.I.C., was, on the 1st May,.
1899, again appointed Public Analyst. His Report will
be found on page 77, and from it full details of the
samples analysed can be obtained.
During the year 444 samples were purchased and
analysed. Of these, 54 were adulterated, but in 33 cases
the adulteration was not so serious as to necessitate any
proceedings; in the other cases prosecutions ensued, and
fines and costs, amounting in the whole to £70 13s., were
inflicted.
The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, which received
the Royal Assent on the 9th August last, came into force
on the 1st January, 1900. During the period which has
elapsed since then there has not been much opportunity of
judging the effect of the new legislation, but so far as
prosecutions have ensued they have disclosed the fact that
the difficulties which have hampered the operations of
Local Authorities in the past have not been removed by
present legislation.
Sanitary Work.
The monthly synopsis of Sanitary Work which is forwarded
to every member affords a useful record of the
steps taken for preserving the public health in the District.
Calculated on the information published month by month
the following statistics are obtained :—
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Visits and Inspections made 11,624
Notices for Abatement of Nuisances served 935
Proceedings before Police Magistrates 23