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By your direction I have submitted 53 varied samples of food
to the Public Analyst for analyses, of which three were certified
to have been adulterated.
The vendors of the three adulterated articles were summoned,
and convictions obtained, with costs.
A special inspection of the 9 underground Bakehouses has been
made with the view of ascertaining if any alterations were necessary
to warrant the granting of certificates under the new enactment
relating to Bakehouses which will come into operation on 1st
January, 1904.
The 28 Coffee and Eating Houses and other premises where
food is prepared have also been specially inspected, and the food
stuffs on the premises examined with satisfactory results.
Through the year 1 bag of mussels, 1 trunk each of mackerel,
plaice, and haddocks, and 6 casks of salted beef have been examined
by request of their respective owners, and found unfit for human
consumption.
On the 28th February the basement of the premises of a wholesale
provision merchant in Cardigan Road was flooded with sewage
matter caused by an obstruction in the Council's sewer. A large
quantity of butter, margarine, eggs, bacon, and cheese were contaminated.
All the above-mentioned articles of foodstuffs examined
were destroyed and the usual certificate given.