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I have found it most convenient therefore to place both these matters in the hands of the same Inspector, with also the service of all notices of the Sanitary Board.
Such service is required when prosecuting, and I consider that at least two additional Inspectors could well devote the whole of their time to night inspections and prosecutions and that their services are necessary if any systematic attempt is to be made to deal with the question of overcrowding.
Adulteration of Food and Drugs. Early in 1896 the Government, at the instigation of the Sanitary Board, passed an Ordinance dealing with the question of the Adulteration of Food and Drugs, but this Ordinance has practically remained a dead letter since it was passed owing to the absence of staff to administer it.
During 1898 only 35 samples were analyzed in accordance with this Ordinance, and of these, 27 were specimens of wines and spirits mostly forwarded by ...