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117
UNSOUND FOOD.
Proceedings were taken during the year against two persons for
exposing or depositing for the purpose of sale food which was found to be
unsound.
The following are particulars of the cases in question:—
(1) Jack Garrett, exposing for sale at No. 20 Deacon Street an ox cheek
which was diseased and unfit for human food. Fined £5 and 4s
costs.
The following report is taken from a newspaper.
(2) " Under Section 47 of the Public Health (London) Act, Sidney John
Kilby of Deacon Street, Walworth, was summoned before Mr.
Hopkins to answer the complaint of the Southwark Borough
Council that there was found deposited on his premises for the
purpose of sale a large quantity of condensed milk, some tins of
potted meat, fish and fruit, and six pots of jam which were
intended for food and which were unsound and unwholesome.
Mr. G. C. Topham, Solicitor to the Council, said the total
weight of the goods seized was 27 cwts. On May 24th, Inspector
Fisher visited the defendant's premises, a general grocery store,
and in the back yard saw a number of cases of condensed milk
which the defendant said were intended for pigs' food. At the
top of the cellar the inspector found other cases of milk. The
next day the inspector again visited the premises and found that
the latter cases had been removed into the yard and that on one
of them there was a piece of paper on which was written " This
milk is intended for pigs' food." In the cellar the Inspector
found some more cases of condensed milk, seventeen tins of
potted meat, twenty-one tins of herrings, five tins of salmon,
four tins of fruit and six pots of jam. An examination showed
the contents of the tins to be unwholesome and unfit for food,
and an order for the destruction of the goods seized by the
inspector was afterwards made at this court.
"Evidence was given by Inspectors Fisher and Grist, and
Doctor George Millson, Medical Officer of Health for
Southwark.