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Removal of Dung.
During the autumn large posters were put up in several
stables and mews, giving notice as to the periodical removal of
manure, and much good has resulted therefrom.
Conveying Fish Offal through the Streets during
Prohibited Hours.
Only one case was observed during the year, and due notice
was given to the offender who has so far not repeated the
offence.
Destruction of Unsound Food.
During the year the following articles were destroyed as
being unfit for food:—
Four thousand eggs,
Five boxes of mackerel,
One-and-a-half hundredweight of hake,
One box of skate,
One do. plaice,
Two do. herrings,
One do. cod's roe.
Bakehouses.
The bakehouses in the various Wards have been periodically
inspected during the year, and various defects remedied.
The bakehouses in the two Wards (Nos. 3, St. Margaret,
and 2, St. John) have been thoroughly cleansed and limewhited.
In nearly every case large accumulations of dirt were
found under the troughs. The attention of the several owners
was drawn to this fact, and they were speedily removed.
In one case a dilapidated dust receptacle stood immediately
opposite the bakehouse door, and the sink waste pipe was
untrapped at the outgo; but on intimating the existence of
these defects to the owner the matter was put right. In two
cases the paving of the bakehouses, which was defective, has
been repaired.
Underground Rooms.
In Ward No. 3, St. John, legal proceedings were required in
one instance for the illegal occupation of some underground
rooms.
Peabody Buildings (James-street).
The south-east and east blocks of these buildings chiefly
abut on Palmer's-passage, and the rooms are dark in consequence
of the close proximity of the Hotel Windsor and