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"Every itinerant vendor of any such commodity as aforesaid
shall if not himself the manufacturer thereof exhibit in a legible
manner on a conspicuous part of his barrow a notice stating the
name and address of the person from whom he obtains such
commodity and if such vendor is himself the manufacturer of such
commodity he shall in the same manner exhibit his own name and
address. Every such itinerant vendor who shall fail to comply
with the provisions of this Section shall be liable for each offence
on conviction as aforesaid to a penalty not exceeding Forty
Shillings.
"Proceedings for the recovery of the penalties shall be
instituted by the Sanitary Authority for the District in which the
offence was committed or of the District to the Medical Officer of
which such notification as aforesaid ought to have been made or
in which such itinerant vendor as aforesaid shall offer any such
commodity as aforesaid for sale as the case may be.
"Ernest G. Annis,
"Medical Officer of Health.
"Public Health Department,
"Royal Hill, Greenwich,
"October, 1902."
Water Supply. The water supply throughout the whole of
the District is from the Kent Water Works, and during the whole
of the year has maintained its usual high standard of purity.
Water supply certificates, under section 48 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, have been granted in 169 cases. The water
supply to houses generally has also received attention in many
instances, 80 cisterns having been required to be properly
covered, cleansed and repaired, and a proper water supply having