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Butter Adulterated with 88 per cent of foreign fat. Vendor
fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs; first offence.
Milk Deficient in cream to the extent of 43 per cent.
Vendor find 30s. and 12s. 6d. costs; first offence.
Cocoa Adulterated with 77 per cent, of a mixture of sugar
and arrowroot, 18.4 per cent, of the former and
58.6 per cent, of the latter. Vendor fined £4
and £1 costs ; first offence.
On the 29th July, whilst inspecting the shops and stalls in Chrisp
Street, my attention was drawn to a basket half full of rotten cherries
which were exposed for sale at 2d. per pound on a stall, they were
seized and taken before the presiding Magistrate, who said he had no
hesitation in condemning them and granted two summonses, one for
exposing for sale, and the other for selling to the prejudice of the
purchaser. The summonses were heard on the 8th August, when
the vendor was fined £4 on one summons and 1/- on the other.
I have made periodical inspections throughout the year of the
cowhouses and slaughterhouses in the district and in each case found
them in a sanitary condition, with good water supply, &c.
The licensed slaughterhouses number 5
„ „ cowhouses „ 3
In every case where new pans and traps had been found to be
fixed without giving notice in writing to the Clerk of the Board
(Infringement of London County Council Bye-laws), letters were
sent to the respective owners to open up the ground under the pan
and trap. This in each case was done, and any defects found to
exist were remedied, and the work passed after applying the smoke
or chemical test.
Cases of overcrowding at the under-mentioned premises were