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"The Town Clerk called the Medical Officer of Health and the
Sanitary Inspectors as witnesses, and two persons who stated they
were in the habit of eating the skins of black puddings. The
Defendants called Professor Penberthy, of the Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons, and Mr. Colwell, Public Analyst of Finsbury,
who expressed the opinion that the skins, though possibly indigestible,
were not injurious. The Magistrate decided in favour of the Council
on the first two points, but gave the Defendants the benefit of the
doubt on the third point, and dismissed the summons."
"The case has been reported in the trade papers, and now that the
unfitness of such casings for human food has been brought to the
notice of the manufacturers, we do not anticipate that the need for
any further proceedings will arise."
Smoke Nuisances.—During 1907 the Smoke Inspector made
1,639 observations of chimney shafts of factories, workshops, &c., in
the Borough. These observations lasted from half-an-hour upwards.
The Intimation Notices served numbered 58 and the Statutory
Notices 3, during the same period.
Water Supply—Section 48 (2) Public Health (London) Act,
1891.—Under this section 20 certificates of proper and sufficient
supply of water were issued under this section to owners of either
new or rebuilt houses. The certificates refer to 61 houses and
tenements.
By-laws for Houses let in Lodgings.—During 1907 the
whole of the Houses let in Lodgings registered in the Hackney
Wick district were inspected. These numbered 226, of which 39
were empty. Of the remainder 73 required cleansing, 7 were overcrowded,
and in 6 structural defects were found (defective drains)
and in 65 no nuisance was discovered. The nuisances found were
abated on the service of Intimation Notices.