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On 6th August.—A pad of plaice was examined and found to
be unfit for food. Certificate as to condition was given and
the fish was destroyed by owner.
On 27th August.—Two barrels of Canadian boned beef were
examined and found to be totally unfit for food. The meat
was destroyed.
On 15th September.—A trunk of fish was examined and found
unfit for food. The fish was destroyed, and a certificate of
unfitness given.
It was said by the owners of the fish that they had brought it
direct from Billingsgate Market on the same day, where stale and
stinking fish had been substituted for the fish paid for. Attention
was drawn to this in the monthly report to the Public Health and
Housing Committee, which, through the medium of the press,
indirectly drew the attention of the Fishmongers' Company and the
Market Authorities, to a possible means by which such occurrences
could be effectually dealt with. It is noticeable that a decline in
the quantity of bad fish brought for condemnation has resulted.
Retention of Body.
On 10th August the body of a male child was found retained
in a first floor front room used by two females as a living and
sleeping room. The child was said to have died about seven days
previously, and as extremely hot weather was prevailing at the time,
the body was badly decomposed and odoriferous. In the absence
of the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Fearnley visited the premises
and signed certificate for removal of body. The certificate was
taken to one of His Majesty's Justices, who made an order for
immediate removal and burial. The body was at once removed to
the mortuary, and subsequently buried by the Guardians.
Flooding.
No flooding has occurred during the year in the low-lying portion
of Hackney Wick, by which several houses and other premises in