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preparation for sale." The same applies if the meat be seized
in transit.
Again, after delivery to the consignee has actually taken place,
it is sometimes ascertained that the latter is a cats'-meat purveyor,
who is used by the original vendor as a medium for the
distribution of the meat for human consumption. Here, again,
it is impossible to obtain a conviction against the original vendor,,
under existing conditions.
Combined Drainage.
Many combined drainages have been reconstructed by the
Council during 1905, amounting to £487 11s. (estimated) as the
direct result of inspections carried out by the Inspectors in the
course of their daily routine duties. The law, as it at present
stands, throws the responsibility of repairing certain combined
drainages (viz., where previous sanction has not been obtained
from the Sanitary Authority) upon the general body of ratepayers.
Against this unavoidable expense may be credited the
large number of combined drainages that are relaid by private
owners as the result of voluntary work or of the service by
Inspectors of Notices.
House to House Inspections.
A house to house inspection of a district is a duty laid upon
Sanitary Authorities by section 1 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891 and section 30 of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890. The duty is an important one, but such work can
only be carried out with a sufficiently large sanitary staff.
Within the Borough, during 1905, a total of 1,914 house to house
inspections have been made, dealing with the following streets
(whole or part):—
Marsh Ward.—Bazon Street, Cosham Place, Duke Street,
Eaton Street, James's Place, Lower Marsh, Mitre Street,.
Murphy Street, Stamford Street, St. Andrew's Place, Vine
Street, Waterloo Road, Webber Street.