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caused to be cleansed and repaired was 460. Four
houses were closed as unfit for human habitation.
Thirty-nine cases of overcrowding were abated.
The number of dead bodies which were removed
from rooms to the Parish Mortuary was 47. 136
Post-Mortems were made in the room provided for
that purpose.
The slaughter houses inspected numbered 5;
the cow houses 6; and the bakehouses 80.
Among the articles of food which were seized
and destroyed as unfit for the food of man was an
enormous quantity of fruit, intended for making
preserves. This had become so decomposed by
the extreme heat of the weather, and possibly
through delay in transit, as to appear to your
officers to be unwholesome and unfit for the purpose
intended. I do not think any moral blame could
be attached to the owners who had no doubt acted
bona fide. I am not able to say the same with
regard to 181 cases of condensed milk—containing
about 7,000 tins—which were seized and condemned
as unsound. In this case a heavy penalty, ,£78
fine, was inflicted. The other articles seized included
pickled cabbage, haddocks, crabs, rabbits,
potatoes, tomatoes and pig's livers.