H.—3l.

Table 3. —Showing Inspection of Premises engaged in Selling or Manufacturing Foodstuffs during the Year ended 31st December, 1927.

Table 4. —Legal Proceedings for Year 1927. Number of Amount. Prosecutions. £ s. d. Adulterated milk .. .. .. .. 72 473 19 3 Short-weight bread .. .. .. .. .. 6 31 7 9 Butter under standard .. .. .. .. 8 27 14 5 Improper labelling .. .. .. .. .. 8 32 14 7 Whiskey— Adulterated .. .. .. .. .. 4 54 4 6 Improper labelling .. .. .. .. 1 27 1 6 Rebottling spirits .. .. .. .. .. 5 225 14 0 Beer under standard .. .. .. .. 2 21 12 0 Cordials under standard .. .. .. 14 52 1 6 Hop-beer under standard .. .. .. .. 1 306 Breach of Regulation H. 125 .. .. . . 8 30 11 0 Drainage nuisance .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 13 0 Adulterated vanilla essence .. .. .. .. 1 10 9 0 Ice-cream .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 890 lodine .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 21 15 0 Lime-water under standard .. .. .. .. 17 73136 Breaches under sections 299 and 300 of Municipal Corporations Act and section 36 of Health Act .. .. 1 15 0 0 Wine .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 740 Breach of section 9, Food and Drugs Act Amendment .. 1 512 6 Pigs loose in slaughteryards .. .. .. .. 1 3 10 0 Breach of section 26 of Health Act .. .. .. 2 6 16 0 Preservative in bacon .. .. .. 14 50 18 0 174 £1,186 1 0 Particulars op Work carried out at the Government Vaccine-station, Wellington, during the Year ending 31st March, 1928. Dr. Lynch, the Acting-Director, reports as follows : — Calves inoculated, 16 ; calves rejected, nil; amount of vaccine lymph prepared sufficient for 24,300 tubes ; vaccine lymph issued in tubes, 7,200 ; vaccine lymph in stock equivalent to 15,000 tubes. The preparation of vaccine lymph in England is now covered by regulations issued under the Therapeutic Substances Act, 1925. The vaccine lymph which is being supplied by the Department has been prepared strictly in accordance with these regulations. Last year the purchase of a refrigerator costing about £90, was authorized. The storage of the vaccine lymph at low temperature has enabled the lymph to be stored for much longer periods without any loss of potency. By this means a great saving has been effected in manufacture. New Vaccine-station. —During the year the old vaccine-station in Sydney Street was taken over by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. A sum of £1,500 was allocated for the building of a new vaccine-station. The Mental Hospital Department handed over a section of land at the rear of the Home for the Aged and Needy. Plans were prepared under my guidance by the Public Works Department, and in December the Department accepted a tender for the work, the amount being in the neighbourhood of £1,200. The building is now almost complete, and it is proposed to use the new station for the preparation of a further batch of vaccine towards the end of April. As all the persons concerned in the manufacture of lymph are connected with the hospital staff, the proximity of the new station to the hospital will effect considerable improvement in working.

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Number of isrninhpr of Number ol N ,, mhM . nf Premises | T nstance , Number of Premises Tnrtances Number of inspected Arti , , such Food inspected such Food Health District engaged in ! Premises Health District engaged in Premises Health District. the Selling or „ requiring Health District. the Selling or .. requiring Manufac- : Sanitary Manufac- ® ,,?? Sanitary ture of strovprt " Alteration. ture of ,, Alteration. Foodstuffs. | 8Croyea - Foodstuffs. st ™yed. North Auckland .. 1,973 15 252 Nelson-Marlborough 726 39 154 Central Auckland .. 2,206 97 304 Canterbury .. 717 2 84 South Auckland .. 3,129 6 333 Westland .. .. 607 10 62 Coromandel-Opotiki 1,132 374 2 Otago .. .. 1,661 53 197 Taranaki-Horowhenua 116 13 3 Southland .. 1,142 3 42 Taranaki .. .. 376 7 91 Wanganui-Horo- 245 13 27 Totals, 1927 .. 15,227 670 1,761 whenua Wairarapa-East Cape 926 20 185 Totals, 1926 .. 16,552 179 2,448 Central Wellington .. 271 18 25 Notb. —Taranaki-Horowhenua figures are for four months only. Taranaki and Wanganui-Horowhenua figures are for eight months only.