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SECTION 5. —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, 1929.

Table 2.—Showing Inspection of Premises engaged in selling or manufacturing Foodstuffs during the Year ended 31st December, 1929.

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Samples not complying. Numbe tak'en. ample8 Number ° f Vendors. Number of Samples. Number of Warnings I Health District. issued. recommended. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk- Other. Milk. Other. I I I North Auckland .. 161 53 161 49 5 5 4 3 2 ! 2 Central Auckland .. 999 334 992 159 78 56 72 18 5 ! 2 South Auckland .. 202 49 202 49 6 5 3 5 2 1 Thames-Tauranga .. 30 10 30 6 3 .. 2 .. 1 Taranaki .. .. 77 28 59 28 2 1 .. 1 2 East Cape .. .. 77 18 77 18 5 .. 2 .. 3 Wanganui-Horowhenua 118 126 107 83 4 12 .. 4 4 8 Wairarapa - Hawke's 273 118 265 109 5 2 .. .. 5 2 Bay Central Wellington ..2,136 78 2,057 73 25 3 9 2 16 1 Nelson-Marlborough .. 183 89 170 85 2 2 .. .. I 2 2 Canterbury .. 1,203 90 1,142 80 43 11 29 9 14 2 West Coast .. 78 10 63 10 4 2 2 .. 2 2 Otago .. .. 491 258 239 209 46 82 40 77 6 4 Southland .. .. 171 120 108 93 24 39 24 37 ! Totals.. .. 6,199 1,381 5,672 1,051 252 220 187 i 156 j 64 26

Number of Premises inspected Number of Number of such it. ,j, t engaged in the Instances Articles Food Premises Health .District}. c< 11* << • i >5 • • n -j. eelhng or were seized requiring Sanitary Manufacture of or "destroyed." Alteration. Foodstuffs. North. Auckland .. .. .. .. 2,883 5 386 Central Auckland .. .. . . .. 1,319 87 256 South Auckland .. .. .. .. 3,074 7 280 Thames-Tauranga .. . . . . .. 548 .. 15] Taranaki .. . . . . .. .. 776 55 86 East Cape .. .. .. .. .. 904- 19 203 Wanganui-Horowhenua.. .. .. .. 247 53 55 Wairarapa-Hawke's Bay .. .. . . 392 3 18 Central Wellington .. .. .. .. 182 28 12 Nelson-Marlborough .. .. .. .. 671 5 24 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 563 2 2 West Coast .. .. .. .. .. 518 9 4 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 1,520 27 138 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,017 12 37 Totals .. .. .. .. 14,614 312 1,688