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Unsound Food.
The following unsound foods were dealt with during the year.—
January 23rd.—Two tons of damaged butter for soap making.
January 22nd.—330 tins sorted from 161 cases of condensed milk.
January 22nd.—Two tons of damaged butter converted to
"grease" at oil refinery.
March 2nd.—Half a barrel of herring.
June 21st.—12 boxes of tomatoes.
July 2nd.—Box of plaice.
August 5th.—24 tubs of pulped raspberries.
August 13th.—3 trunks of plaice dabs.
September 20th.-—Box of codling.
Each of these parcels of food was condemned and destroyed.
Offensive Businesses.
The fat melters in the district have completed the necessary
alterations to their plant and premises as required by the new regulations
governing offensive businesses which came into force on November
25th, 1907, and has resulted in a remarkable diminution of complaints up
to the present.
Verminous Booms.
36 verminous rooms have been cleansed under the provisions of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902.
Workshops and Workplaces.
The workshops and workplaces have been visited and found generally
satisfactory, any nuisances existing upon the premises have been
abated on the service of intimation.
Homework.
The outworkers, who are all boot and shoe operatives, have been
visited twice during the year, and the premises of each examined for
nuisances and sanitary defects. The workrooms were mostly found in a
fair condition, and any defects in the premises were remedied by the owner
or occupier on a notice being served.