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Battersea 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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Council, and he has now received a letter from them, stating
they have received instructions from their client that if further
proceedings are stayed, he will consent to forego such costs.
“We have authorised the Solicitor to accept the suggestion
referred to.''
It is the practice in cases when the retail vendor has
unknowingly purchased articles of food unfit for human consumption,
and has made no attempt to sell the articles, when
the latter are brought to the Health Department for inspection
and destruction, to grant a certificate which enables the retailer
to claim the return of the money paid for the articles to the
wholesale dealer. The food is destroved at the Council's
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destructor.