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SECTION 4.—WORKING OF THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. Table 1. —Showing Samples respectively of Milk and other Foodstuffs taken and dealt with during the Year ended 31st December, 1925.

Table 2. —Showing the Results of Weighings of Bread, Butter, and other Foodstuffs respectively during the Year ended 31st December, 1925.

Table 3. —Showing Inspections of Premises engaged in selling or manufacturing Foodstuffs during the Year ended 31st December, 1925.

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Samples not complying. Number of Samples j j I viimh f taken. Number of Samples. Number of Vendors. Number of Warnings p " °j Health District. issued. rerommended. Milk. I Other. Milk. | Other. Milk. j Other. Milk. J Other. Milk. I Other. North Auckland .. 246 27 43 9 39 9 23 3 15 4 Central Auckland .. 992 123 157 33 147 32 92 15 18 South Auckland .. 154 21 18 .. 15 .. 9 .. 6 Coromandel-Opotiki.. 21 8 3 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 Taranaki-Horowhenua 183 56 25 15 25 13 18 2 7 3 Wairarapa-East Cape 240 28 20 3 20 3 17 1 3 1 Central Wellington .. 1,744 78 92 18 90 13 54 2 37 6 Nelson-Marlborough.. 105 24 4 .. 4 .. 2 .. 2 Canterbury .. 308 61 58 6 49 1 29 1 30 5 Westland .. .. 170 6 10 .. 10 .. 7 .. 3 Otago .. 226 36 33 6 26 6 24 6 2 Southland .. .. 75 4 10 .. 10 .. 6 .. 4 Totals, 1925 .. 4,464 472 473 90 j 438 77 j 283 24 132 21 I j Totals, 1924 .. 3,698 433 318 95 j 310 91 ! 187 30 130 22

Samples not complying. Number of Samples j „ ... . . . weighed. Number of Samples. Number of Vendors, i Number of Warnings Number of ProsecuHealth District. issued. tions recommended. Bread. | Butter. | Other. Bread. J Butter. Other. Bread. Butter. Other. Bread. Butter. Other. BreadJ Butter. Other. North Auckland.. 635 131 6 145 38 .. I 33 10 .. 8 5 .. 4 3 Central Auckland 566 301 18 52 5 .. 20 4 .. 4 3 South Auckland.. 656 108 .. 55 1 .. 16 1 .. 2 1.. .. 1 Coromandel - Opo- 482 54 .. 17 5 .. 7 2 .. 1 .. .. l tiki Taranaki - Horo- 870 1,078 451 70 14 7 2 2 1 5 1 whenua Wairarapa - East 1,329 619 38 67 53 7 5 4 3 3 2 Cape Central Wellington 270 161 .. 10 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. Nelson - Marl- 327 187 13 .. 14 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 borough West Coast .. 623 702 .. 110 92 .. 9 8 .. 9 9 Canterbury .. 71 96 12 1 66 1 5 1 5 Otago .. .. 315 366 17 .. 6 .. .. 5 .. .. 6 Southland .. 457 199 91 1 3 .. 1 2 .. 1 3 Totals, 1925 .. 6,601 4,002 646 528 297 ..102 46 . . 33 37 .. 14 6 ~7~ Totals, 1924 .. 8,377 4,498 663 508 173 18 128 29 3 44 15 2 11 4 ..

Number of VnmhAr of Number of * T i. * Premises Number of Premises Number of inspected Articles s " ch *'' ood inspected "Se? such Food Health District. in « Hospital District. were ggg manufactur- „ d Sanitary manufactur- ® e !f™ Sanitarf FcoSU. »^ d -" A ' telat '° n5 - Foo&to. Alterations. North Auckland .. 1,421 26 307 Canterbury .. 1,158 .12 207 Central Auckland .. 1,940 50 309 Westland .. .. 712 12 170 South Auckland .. 3,838 9 509 Otago .. .. 1,585 20 48 Coromandel-Opotiki .. 1,016 1 300 Southland .. 961 6 47 Taranaki-Horowhenua 2,341 19 356 j —— Wairarapa-East Cape 2,752 7 113 Totals, 1925 .. 19,-770 179 2,448 Central Wellington . . 888 14 28 ■ Nelson-Marlborough 558 3 48 Totals, 1924 .. 20,733 519 2,552