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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
The samples submitted in the preceding five years are as follows:—
1892—Samples 71. 26.5 per cent. adulterated.
1893 „ 79. 25.6 „ „
1894 „ 85. 21.1 „ „
1895 „ 109. 22.0 „ „
1896 „ 87. 20.3 „ „
Fines imposed for adulteration and contravention of the Margarine
Acts for the year, amount to £63 0 0
Allowed Costs 846
£71 4 6
Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed.
4 barrels, about 4 cwt. of Rae or Roker Fish, 8 Oxtails, 420 heads of Broccoli, 1½
barrels of Oysters, 29 boxes of Strawberries, about 3 cwt. of Pork, Beef and Mutton,
and 28 lbs. of Bread.
Bedding, &c., Disinfected.
Lots of bedding disinfected during the year 569
Apartments disinfected during the year 587
Lots of bedding destroyed during the year 3
Scarlet Fever Cases 467
Diphtheria Cases 136
Typhoid Fever Cases 14
Miscellaneous Cases 53
Total Cases 568
School Notices sent to Head Teachers.
692 notices under section 55, sub-section 4, Public Health (London) Act, have
been sent to head teachers of schools attended by any patient suffering from infectious
disease, or by any child who, being an inmate of the same house, as the patient is
attending school.
Summones Issued during the Year.
Adulteration Act 12
Unwholesome Food 3
Margarine Act 6
Nuisances P.H. (London) Act 17
Housing of the Working Classes Act 2
Contravention of Bye-Laws for Tenement Houses 6
Contravention of London County Council Bye-Laws 10
Letting newly-built house without obtaining water-supply certificate 1
For not complying with notice to cleanse workshop 1
Total 58
The disinfectants supplied to the Vestry by contract have been analysed and found
to be equal to the specification.
JOHN EDWARDS, Assoc. San. Inst.,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.