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Inspection of Food, &c.
The meat, fish, fruit, &c., exposed for sale in Whitecross
Street and other parts of the Parish have been kept under
observation, and the following were seized and destroyed :—
120 lbs. of beef 62 lbs. pork
1 fore quarter mutton 6 sheeps livers
7 fowls 4½ cwt. fish
25 hams 69 bushels fruit
51 rabbits 200 lbs. bread
70 lbs. walnuts 177 lbs. jam
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Fourteen summonses were taken out under this Act, eleven of
them being for exposing for sale or selling unsound food. Of
these eleven, nine resulted in convictions, the fines and costs
imposed amounting to £38 6s. ; one was withdrawn on the
advice of the Vestry's Solicitor, and the other was dismissed,
the proceedings having been commenced in the wrong court.
Three summonses were taken out for the abatement of nuisances,
resulting in each case in an order being made for the work to be
done and payment of costs.
Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts.
Thirty-five summonses were taken out under these Acts. Of
these twenty-nine resulted in convictions, the fines and costs
imposed amounting to £33 12s. 6d.; two were withdrawn on the
advice of the Vestry's Solicitor, and four were dismissed.
We are, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servants,
A. W. MARTIN, Sanitary
R. ADAMS, Inspectors.
April, 1897.