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Sale of Food and Drugs The next table sets out, by health districts, the number of samples of milk, food, and drugs taken and dealt with during the year.

Samples of Foods taken and dealt with during the Year ended 31st December, 1945

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Milk. District. Number of Number of Samples not "Warnings Prosecutions Samples. Vendors. complying. issued. recommended. North Auckland 140 38 3 1 1 Central Auckland 4,H6 1,816 264 127 5 South. Auckland 1,664 1,566 80 50 29 Thames-Tauranga 92 57 5 Taranaki 261 168 16 11 7 East Cape 325 245 31 26 4 Wellington - Hawke's Bay 1,629 431 25 6 12 Central Wellington 2,034 1,226 16 9 • 2 Nelson-Marlborough 128 55 3 Canterbury5,093 1,367 807 186 7 West Coast 207 168 13 8 1 Otago 1,750 667 253 97 2 Southland 372 186 47 25 17,811 7,990 1,563 546 70 Other Poods and Drugs. District. Number of Number of Samples not Warnings Prosecutions Samples. Vendors. complying. issued. recommended. North Auckland Ill 79 2 1 1 Central Auckland 365 175 143 12 11 South Auckland 90 80 14 5 Thames-Tauranga 20 8 15 Taranaki 7 6 4 i East Cape 68 68 12 10 Wellington - Hawke's Bay 273 195 15 6 Central-Wellington 179 141 22 6 Nelson-Marlborough 14 8 1 Canterbury 442 225 100 45 West Coast 65 38 8 2 Otago 373 238 14 1 Southland 137 42 8 6 2,144 1,303 358 95 16