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A summons was issued, when the Magistrate imposed a
fine of £5 and £2 2s. 0d. costs.
In July, seven baskets of raspberries, each containing
2 lbs., were seized from a fruiterer's shop, Hammersmith
Metropolitan Railway Station, and submitted to the
Magistrate at the West London Police Court, who condemned
the same and gave an Order for their destruction.
A summons was issued, when a penalty of £2 was
imposed.
In October, four bushels of pears were seized, two bushels
from a stall in Norland Market and two bushels from a stall
in Shepherds Bush Market. Both stalls were owned by
the same man.
The pears were submitted to a Justice of the Peace, who
condemned the same and gave an Order for their destruction.
Two summonses were issued, when fines of 10s. were
imposed in each case.
In September, the Sanitary Inspector reported that
whilst inspecting a butcher's shop in King Street, a consignment
of six pigs arrived by carrier.
The carcases were deposited in the food preparation room
at the rear of the shop, weighed and hung up.
He examined the pigs and in two of them found tubercle
deposits in the sub-maxillary glands. The heads were
seized and submitted to a Magistrate, who condemned the
same and gave an Order for their destruction.
The carman who delivered the carcases stated they had
been slaughtered at a farm near Newbury, where there
was a licensed slaughterhouse, but did not know whether
or not they had been examined by an Inspector of the local
authority.
A communication was accordingly addressed to the
Medical Officer of Health for the District informing him of
the facts and inquiring if notice of intention to slaughter
had been given under the Public Health (Meat) Regula-