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48 hours was made under Section 36, Sub-section 2,
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. This
Order was posted extensively throughout the Parish,
and a small hand-bill containing the Order was
left at each stable. There can be no doubt that the
Order was beneficial, and there were certainly fewer
complaints of nuisance from non-removal.
Ice Creams.—A number of samples of the "ice
cream" sold by street vendors and in shops were
examined bacteriologically at the end of August.
Two facts were brought out; (1), that the compound
sold by the street vendors, being made by boiling
the ingredients previous to freezing, contained as a
rule fewer micro-organisms than that sold by the
better-class manufacturers, who make their cream ices
from cream and fruit, not from custard; and (2), that
the premises occupied by the former class of makers
require supervision, to ensure that the ices shall not
be exposed to exhalations from drains, etc. There
are only a few itinerant makers and vendors resident
in this Parish, and, as a result of last year's work,
their places are in a much-improved condition. A
full report on the subject was submitted to the
Vestry in the Autumn.
Canals and Canal Boats.—The concreting of the
Paddington Basin, up to the Harrow Road Bridge,
was completed on the occasion of the annual (Easter)
clean up. Certain unsatisfactory patches of old concrete
were also repaired.