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and remarks by the Magistrate when the meat was condemned;
no legal proceedings were taken.
B. B., fined £20 and £3 3s. costs in respect of unsound meat
seized in Green Street.
H. L., fined £5 and £2 2s. costs in respect of unsound meat seized
in Cambridge Road.
A. H., in respect of unsound meat seized in Hackney Road,
summons dismissed, the Magistrate stating that probably the
meat seized was not intended for sale, and gave defendant
the benefit of the doubt.
H. T.,in respect of unsound meat seized in Bethnal Green Road,
summons dismissed, defendant having satisfied the Court
that the meat was on the table for the purpose of examination
before being made into sausages. ! ! !
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
These have been gradually reduced until now there are only six
in the Borough. During the past year forty visits has been paid
to these premises and their condition was found satisfactory.
In those slaughter-houses where little killing is carried on, it
was only found necessary to limewash twice during the year, in
the others where the killing is greater the limewashing was more
frequent.
No notices were served and no licence opposed at the sessions.
A licence previously held by E. Terry, 416, Bethnal Green
Road, has lapsed, the premises are now used as a fishmongers and
fish curing establishment.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Under the provisions of these Acts, a total of 549 Samples of
Food and Drugs were taken and submitted to the Public Analyst,
who certified that 64 of the samples were either adulterated or
sold contrary to the Acts. The particulars of the articles taken
were:—