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Glebe ??? Road, 6, 7, 8.
Blackthorn Street, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 68.
Reeves Road, 1, 3, 5.
Bruce Road, 23.
Knapp Road, 2, 101, 103.
Devons Road. 288, 266, 268, 270, 272, 274, 276.
Fern Street, 108, 104, 106.
Egleton Road, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22.
Tidy Street, 17.
High Street, 4.
Wellington Road, 12.
Hawgood Street, 15.
All Hallow Church, Devons Road.
Washington Street, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
Orchard Terrace, Orwell Road, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
By your directions I have obtained 53 samples of food and drugs
for analysis. Legal proceedings were instituted against two vendors,
and convictions were obtained, the penalties inflicted by the sitting
magistrate varying from £2 to £4.
The nature of articles, extent of adulteration, and results of Police
Court proceedings were as follows :—
Cocoa Adulterated with 72 per cent, of arrowroot and
sugar, Vendor fined £2, £1 3s. costs.
Limewater Deficient in lime to the extent of 20 per cent.
and made with ordinary water instead of distilled
water. Vendor fined 20s. and 23s. costs.
The shops and stalls in my district have been regularly inspected
with a view to detecting unsound and unwholesome food, and in
some cases quantities of fish, fruit, meat, &c., have been destroyed
with the consent of the vendors who were cautioned.