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MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION.
The food supplies within the district have been vigilantly watched.
On March 18th, 42 tubs of butter were received by me at the soapworks
within my division for conversion to soap. They had been
contaminated aboard the s.s. "Hibernia," and condemned by the
Port Sanitary Authority.
On April 19th, 22 boxes of butter, ex s.s. "Oruba," condemned by
the Port Sanitary Authority, were received at the same soapworks
for conversion to soap.
On April 25th, seven boxes of butter, ex s.s. "Iberian," were
similarly received at the same premises.
Half a barrel of haddock, several brawns, and one bunch of
bananas, have been destroyed with the request and consent of the
owners, and certificates provided in respect of same.
On December 16th, advice was received by telegram that a vanload
of meat was in the district, and was presumed to be unfit for
food. On examination with the Medical Officer of Health, a body
of beef and two carcases of sheep were found in the van. The meat
was found to be apparently not affected by disease and not unfit
for food, but the beef was very "plain," and the sheep rather
flabby, and would probably have been prohibited from exhibition
in the meat markets.
COUNTY COUNCIL SEWERS.
The ground level ventilators of the County Council sewers running
through the district have been from time to time an intolerable
nuisance, from the very powerful emanations of sewer gas in Old
Ford Road, Cadogan Terrace, Wansbeck Road, and Smeed
Road particularly. Representations were made to the L.C.C.,
and petitions forwarded from aggrieved persons. In the case of
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