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Mr. T. Williams, 31, Lloyds Row,
Mr. T. Downs, 5, New Charles Street.
Mr. F. Joy, 4, Sydney Street.
Mr. W. Bailey, 31, Baldwin Street.
All the above deal exclusively in horse flesh for cats' meat, they
do not sell meat for human consumption. A few years ago in
another metropolitan borough the question was asked, what
becomes of horse tongues? In Finsbury at all events, they are
daily exposed for sale by cats' meat vendors. With every purchase
of horse flesh from a wholesale dealer it is customary for
the retailer in Finsbury to receive, as part of his purchase, pieces
of horses' heart, tongue, liver and kidneys.
Street Markets.—These are three in number, and are
situated in the following streets and in the side streets which lead
out of them:—Chapel Street, Pentonville; Exmouth Street,
Clerkenwell; and Whitecross Street, St. Luke's.
The barrows, shops and food stalls in these streets are regularly
inspected on week-days by the Inspectors in whose districts they
lie, and on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings by each
Inspector in turn throughout the whole year.
A census of stalls was taken in December, 1912, with the
following results:—
Chapel Street, Chapel Place, White Conduit Street and
Baron Street.—Fruit, 22; lemons, 1 ; sweets and confectionery,
8; vegetables, 26; celery, 8; tomatoes, 6; artificial flowers, 1;
eggs, 5; butchers, 13; rabbits and pork, 6; offal, 2; cats' meat,
3; furs and blouses, 7; second-hand clothing, 10; hats, caps,
feathers, 4; ribbons and hat pins, 6; millinery, 1; women's underclothing,
5; hosiery, embroidery, 8; umbrellas, 1 ; table linen and
towels, 2; curtains and lace, 3 ; blankets and flannelette, 1; carpets
and rugs, 4 ; cushions, 1 ; linoleum, 2 ; cutlery, 2 ; ironmongery,
3 ; chandlery, 4; china and glass, 8; second-hand furniture, 12 ;
pictures and picture-frames, 2 ; brooms and brushes, 2 ; toys, 12 ;
Christmas cards and decorations, 6; perfumery and soap, 2; cheap