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Prosecution for Refusing to Serve.
On the 28th of November a summons was issued under section 17
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, against a street milk vendor,
for refusing to serve milk from the can from which he was selling
milk in the West Ferry Road. I refused to accept milk from a
particular can, and insisted on being supplied from the ordinary
large can; this was determinedly refused. The summons resulted
in a penalty of £5 and £1 3s. costs, or a month's imprisonment.
By your direction special inspection was made of all the schools
in this Division, and various nuisances were abated on the service of
a written intimation.
Periodical inspections were made of the bake-houses, cow-houses,
dairies and milk shops. The results of these inspections were reported
in detail to the Public Health Committee.
The shops, food stores and stalls have been regularly inspected
with a view of detecting diseased and unwholesome food, but in no
instance was any article of food exposed for sale at the time of
my visits in such condition as to justify seizure.
A notification from the Port Sanitary Authority was received
in October last, stating that two tons of bad dates were lying at the
docks. The dates were removed to a firm of Cattle Food Manufacturers,
in the West Ferry Road, to be prepared as food for cattle,
where I examined the contents of the case and was satisfied they were
not sold for human consumption.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
CEPHAS FOAD, Assoc. San. Inst.
Sanitary Inspector and Inspector under the Sale
of Food and Drugs Acts,
Poplar South Division