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Hammersmith 1915

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1915

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No application was received under Section 35 of
the Towns Planning Act, 1909.
SEIZURE OF UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
On the 20th March, Sanitary Inspector Cromack
seized 10 tins salmon from the coffee stalls standing at
the Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road ends of the
Railway Approach, Shepherd's Bush, owned by Mr. C.
Chance of Worple Way, Acton, which were unsound
and unfit for the food of man. The same was submitted
to W. P. Hunter, Esq., J.P., who found them to be
unfit for the food of man, and gave orders for the
destruction of the same.
The matter was reported to your Public Health
Committee, who gave instructions for proceedings to be
taken against Mr. C. Chance. (Result of proceedings
reported in " Summonses Heard.")
On the 14th May, Sanitary Inspector Cromack was
requested by the Street Inspector to visit Norland
Market and examine some tomatoes exhibited for sale
on a stall. He immediately proceeded to the Market
and found the tomatoes to be unsound and unfit for
the food of man. The tomatoes were subsequently
examined by W. P. Hunter, Esq., J.P., who gave an
order for the destruction of the same. The tomatoes
seized weighed 140 pounds.
The matter was reported to the Public Health
Committee, who gave instructions for proceedings to be
taken. (Result of proceedings reported in " Summonses
Heard.")
On the 18th September, Sanitary Inspector Cromack
visited the stall in the occupation of Mr. A. Jones in
Norland Market and found fish exposed for sale which
was unsound and unfit for the food of man. He seized
the fish and submitted same to the Magistrate at the
West London Police Court (Mr. Fordham) who gave
instructions for the same to be destroyed, and took
formal evidence as regards seizure. The fish seized
weighed 2 cwts.