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mentioned premises for disregarding the statutory notices served
with the following results :—
Bromley Place. 9.
No water supply for sanitary or domestic purposes, re-instated day
after application was made for summons, nominal penalty for neglect,
is. and 23s. costs.
Oban Street, 28 days abatement order, 25s. costs.
Grundy Street, 162, "The Builders' Arms," P.H., 14 days
abatement order, 42s. costs.
Chrisp Street, 158, 14 days abatement order, 25s. costs.
Chrisp Street, 160, withdrawn, decided to be one and the
same premises with 158.
Teviot Street, 106, 14 days abatement order, 25s. costs.
Tetley Street, 59, "closing order," premises unfit for human
habitation, 27s. costs.
Fifty-four samples of food have been procured and submitted to
the Public Analyst for analysis: 3 were found to be so much
adulterated that legal proceedings were taken, the nature of articles,
extent of adulteration, result of prosecution being as follows :—
Butter ... Adulterated with 87 per cent, of foreign fat. Summons
adjourned, further adjourned in consequence
of the illness, and finally withdrawn on
the death of the defendant.
Milk ... Adulterated with 17 per cent, of water, 2 summonses
were issued, first against owner of business, withdrawn
on the confession of his servant, the second
defendant who was fined £10 and £2 2s. costs
or six weeks imprisonment.
Cocoa ... Adulterated with 45 per cent, of sugar and 35 per
cent, of arrowroot. Fined £4 and £1 3s. costs.
The market places and stalls have been regularly inspected
throughout the year. I have on several occasions, on tradesmen's
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