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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
The samples submitted in the preceding 4 years are as follows:—
1894 Samples 85. 21.1 per cent adulterated.
1893 „ 79. 25.6 „ „
1892 „ 71. 26.5 „ „
1891 „ 76. 26.3 „ „
Fines imposed for adulteration and contravention of the
Margarine Acts, for the year 1895 amount to £78 0 0
Costs recovered 13 3 6
Total £91 3 6
Part Fines recovered which had been previously withheld by the
receiver under the Margarine Act £24 0 0
Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed.
1 case of eggs, 2 boxes of Haddocks, 1 trunk of plaice, and 2½ barrels of herrings.
Destroyed by request of owners, under Section 47, Sub-section 8 Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, 3 cwt., 3 qrs., 27 lbs. of Ostend rabbits, and 11 crates of
Canary Bananas.
Workshops.
242 workshops are now registered, of which 78 have been registered during the
year, and 29 notices served in relation thereto.
Summonses Issued During the Year.
Adulteration Act 21
Refusing to serve on demand 1
Margarine Act 4
Nuisances P. H. (London) Act 54
Housing of the Working Classes Act 23
Not obeying magistrates order 2
Bye-Laws for Tenement Houses (Contravention of) 5
Obstructions on Footways 8
Smoke Nuisances 2
Trade Nuisances 1
Letting newly-built houses without first obtaining water-supply
certificates 2
Total 123
Bedding, &c., Disinfected.
Lots of bedding disinfected during the year 296
Apartments disinfected during the year 309
Lots of bedding destroyed during the year 13
Scarlet Fever Cases 159
Diphtheria Cases 84
Typhoid Fever Cases 32
Small-pox Cases 26
Miscellaneous Cases 8
Total Cases 309