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The whole of this material was dealt with
under Sec. (47) 8 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, which provides that—
"Where a person has in his possession any article
"which is unsound or unwholesome, or unfit for the food
"of man, he may, by written notice to the Sanitary
"Authority, specifying such article and containing a
"sufficient identification of it, request its removal, and
"the Sanitary Authority shall cause it to be removed as
" if it were trade refuse."
Under Section 33 of the same Act the owner
shall pay a reasonable sum for such removal,
which in case of dispute is to be settled by a
Petty Sessional Court.
In every instance this food was conveyed to
Letts' Wharf, and there destroyed in the presence
of the Sanitary Inspector of the District from
whence it was removed.
Note.—The whole of the above was removed from riverside wharfingers'
premises. Suggestions for a more systematic inspection of these
places will be found in my Report to the Sanitary Committee of the
20th May last, in which reference is made to co-operation with the
Port Sanitary Authority, which will ensure a stricter supervision
over unsound food when removed by barge for destruction on land
adjoining the lower reaches of the River Thames.—W. C.
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