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(xii) Rat Catching.-Twenty-five members of the cleansing staff were employed during the year setting traps, birdlime boards and rat poison, also collecting rats from street rat-bins, private premises, etc., and taking them to the Public Mortuary for examination. The total number of rats caught was:
Hong Kong 109,560.
Kowloon 112,092.
Of these none was found to be plague infected.
11.-WORK DONE UNDER THE ADULTERATED FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE AND SECTION 4 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH (FOOD) ORDINANCE.
(i) Samples of fresh milk were submitted for analysis under Section 10 of the Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance, of which 136 were found to pass the standard and 9 to be below standard.
Prosecution was successfully undertaken in 6 cases where the samples failed to satisfy the legal requirements.
In addition the following samples of Food and Drugs were taken: --
Boracic Ointment4 Butter38 Castor Oil4 Cheese37 Coffee8 Epsom Salts5 Glauber Salts5 Glycerine4 Lard16 Paraffin4 Seidlitz Powder4 Tea39 Un-sweetened Milk (Tinned)22 Water1(i) The following foodstuffs were seized and destroyed under Section 4 of the Public Health (Food) Ordinance:-
Meat919 lbs. Condiments1,350 lbs. Fruit15,957 lbs. Milk89 lbs. Molasses500 lbs. Fish20 lbs. Vegetables106,791 lbs. Confectionery16,125 lbs. Tea43,000 lbs. Eggs100 lbs. Flour22,280 lbs.The following foodstuffs were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed: -
Fruit1,445 lbs. Vegetables266 lbs. Meat3,350 lbs. Confectionery491 lbs. Coffee300 lbs. Cheese18 lbs. Fish4,285 lbs. Cocoa43 lbs. Jam6 lbs. Condiments252 lbs. Sausages108 lbs. Syrup19 lbs.