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FRIED-FISH SHOPS.
The number of fried-fish shops under observation was 49, in 7 of which cleansing
was found to be required and sanitary notices were served, and in 1 the sanitary
arrangements required attention. In connection with the above it may be mentioned
that two fish-curers' premises were under inspection, and in each instance cleansing
was required.
STREET MARKETS AND FOOD.
There was the usual supervision by the sanitary officers in connection with the
street markets and the food-stuffs exposed for sale in the Borough, and frequent
inspections were made with a view to the detection of food unfit for human consumption.
The following articles were destroyed as unfit for food: —
One hundredweight of ling, 1 box of mackerell, 2 trunks, 1 case and 7 stone
of skate, 1 box and 1 trunk of whiting, 1 bushel of winkles and 3 boxes of hake,
28 lbs of beef, 89 rabbits, 10 pieces and 30 lbs. of bacon, 24 pigs' plucks, 5 hands
of pork and 36 turkeys, 95 cases of condensed milk in tins, 5 sacks of condensed
milk in tins, 6 cases and 2 sacks of meat in tins, 2 double crates of bananas, 3 tons
7 cwt. and 3 qrs. of cabbages, 2 sacks of potatoes, and 1 box of onions.
Most of the articles mentioned were surrendered as unfit for food; the beef and
tinned foods were seized, however, under circumstances which rendered it necessary
for the Sanitary Authority to take proceedings before a magistrate. With respect
to the unsound tinned foods, these were seized at a common lodging-house situate
at Nos. 33, 35, and 37, St. John's Road. Upon information received from the
Borough of Camberwell the premises were visited by Inspector Langstone on Saturday,
June 8th, in the afternoon. A large number of cases of tinned condensed milk,
tinned beef, and some other canned goods was found in an outhouse in rear of
No. 33. The stuff, the bulk of which was condensed milk, appearing to be unsound
and unfit for food, the Inspector took the necessary steps to keep it secure until it
could be thoroughly examined. On the morning of June 10th further information
was received over the telephone from the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney
relative to the existence of the unsound goods at the common lodging-house. He
was desirous of being present when the tins were examined, being interested in the
matter, having recently had seizures of unsound tinned milks in Stepney. He was
anxious to ascertain whether any of the milks we had taken possession of were
of similar brands to those which he had seized. He was, therefore, present when
I made a careful examination of the bulk of the condensed milk, and he was able
to identify some of the brands as the same as those seized by him. Examination
showed the cases to be filled with blown tins, and their contents were quite unfit
for human consumption. I accordingly gave instructions for them to be submitted
for inspection to a magistrate. The whole of the goods, which amounted to two
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