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Table 2.—Showing the Results of Weighings of Bread, Butter, and other Foodstuffs respectively during the Year ended 31st December, 1926.

Table 3.—Showing Inspection of Premises engaged in selling or manufacturing Foodstuffs during the Year ended 31st December, 1926.

Table 4.—Legal Proceedings foe Yeab, 1926. Number of Amount. Prosecutions. £ s. d. Adulterated milk .. . . .. .. 97 777 0 10 Short-weight bread .. . . .. .. 21 77 14 3 Butter under standard .. .. .. 11 70 18 5 Ice-cream .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 30 8 0 Improper labelling .. .. .. .. . . 6 38 5 1 Exposing unsound fruit and vegetables for sale .. .. 9 40 4- 0 Whisky (improper labelling) .. .. .. 19 232 3 0 Beer under standard .. .. .. .. 2 26 8 0 Lime-water under standard .. .. .. .. 1 13 11 6 Cocoa below standard .. .. .. .. 2 406 Meat and bread uncovered .. .. . . .. 5 913 0 Unclean utensils .. .. .. . . .. 1 0 13 0 Pollution of river .. .. .. .. . . 1 6 7 0 Unregistered plumbers .. .. .. .. 3 580 Hospital and Charitable Institution Act .. .. 3 11 10 0 188 £1,344 4 7 Particulars op Work carried out at the Government Vaccine-station, Wellington, during the Year ending 31st March, 1927. Calves received, 18 ; calves rejected, 1 ; calves inoculated, 17 ; calves used, 17 ; lymph sufficient for 12,960 tubes ; lymph issued in tubes, 9,874 ; lymph issued 'n bulk sufficient for 11,450 vaccinations ; amount of lymph in stock sufficient for 15,000 tubes. Sales of lymph, reports Dr. Lynch, ActingDirector, during the year totalled £204.

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Samples weighed. Samples not complying. Health District. Number of Samples. Number of Vendors. Number of Samples, j Numberof Warnings Numbe^P = - | .... j j Bread. Butter. Other. Bread. Butter. Other. Bread. Butter. Other.,Bread.i Butter, j Other. Bread. Butter. | Other. I | I I I I I I l_ i North Auckland.. 470 194 1 41 31 1 56 19 2 1 j .. 3 Central Auckland 603 163 .. 51 12 .. 98 9 .. 10 .. i .. 1 South Auckland.. 565 24 .. 50 4 ... 62 .. .. 4 .. .. 1 Coromandel - Opo- 360 84 .. 30 11 tiki Taranaki - Horo- 703 904 122 91 111 27 90 150 2 4 2 8 whenua Wairarapa - East 1,177 248 .. 129 51 .. 43 .. .. 1 3 .. 1 1 Cape Central Wellington 606 387 67 60 6 6 2 .. 1 Nelson - Marl- 525 310 6 51 48 1 18 1 1 2 borough Westland .. 71 72 .. 5 3 .. 38 . 6 .. 3 1 Canterbury 220 703 2 16 32 2 57 138 2 7 Otago .. 799 771 61 111 75 11 12 72 3 1 9 Southland 465 606 122 45 42 13 1 12 1 1 Totals, 1926 .. 6,564 4,466 314 687 480 55 463 430 3 29 27 9 11 Totals, 1925 .. 6,601 4,002 646 528 297 .. 33 37 .. 14 6

Number of Nnmhpr nf Number of „ f Premises instances Number of Premises instances Number of inspected 8uch rood inspected such Food Health District engaged in " e " es Premises Health District engaged in ™°' eB Premises Health District. sc ii tag or „ ,, requiring Health District. selling or <. s T-®d" requiring manufactur- Sanitary manufactur- S® Sanitary ing at ° r r ov . a d e *,, Alteration. ing Proved" Alteration. Foodstuffs. atT °y ca • Foodstuffs. stroyeQ * North Auckland .. 1,549 15 299 Canterbury .. ! 890 3 40 Central Auckland .. 2,118 47 331 Westland .. .. 496 9 50 South Auckland .. 3,046 6 457 Otago .. .. 1,694 14 189 Coromandel-Opotiki.. 1,454 .. 276 Southland.. .. 1,262 6 111 Taranaki-Horowhenua 1,410 48 60 Wairarapa - East Cape 1,633 | 1 170 Totals, 1926 .. 16,552 172 2,043 Central Wellington .. 376 ! 18 18 Nelson-Marlborough 624 j 5 42 Totals, 1925 .. 19,770 179 2,448