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City of Westminster 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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ought to have been made, or in which such itinerant vendor as aforesaid
shall offer any such commodity as aforesaid for sale, as the case may be.
Provided always that if any Sanitary Authority omit to institute
such proceedings, the Council may institute the same, as if such omission
were a default within the meaning of The Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and the provisions of that Act relating to any such default and
the consequences thereof shall apply with respect to such proceedings.
Slaughter-houses.—There is now only one slaughter-house in the
City, viz., at 14, Regency Street, two others having relinquished the use
of their premises.
Tripe Boilers.—Two places are licensed in the City; one iu St.
Margaret's Ward, the other (shortly to be closed) in the Strand Ward.
Restaurants.—The County Council forwarded a copy of a Report by
their Public Health Committee on the subject of inspection of kitchens
at hotels and restaurants, and expressing the hope that the City Council,
unless it has already done so, will cause such kitchens in the City to
be inspected, and will exercise its powers under The Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, for the removal of any insanitary conditions that
may be found as a result of the inspection.
The Council informed the County Council that inspection of the
premises referred to was carried out in the ordinary way by the Health
Department.
Food and Market Inspections.

The following list shows the quantity of food seized, condemned, and destroyed as unfit for food during the year:—

Apples20 barrelsMutton1 piece
Asparagus78 bundlesOx tongues2
Bananas1,494 crates,, livers2
Beans392 basketsOranges92 cases
„ Madeira269 „Plaicc6 cwt.
Black Currants80 bushelsPears42 cases, and'
Beef88 stone, and73 baskets
1 piecePersimmons54 boxes
Caviare25 gross of tinsPlums32 cases, and
Cod1 barrel400 sieves
Cherries43£ bushelsPotatoes9 bags
Grreens26 bagsRabbits13
Haddocks5Strawberries25 bushels
Herrings201 tinsSalmon63 tins
Lamb7½ lbs.Sloes17 boxes, and
Lemons6 cases40 pecks
Mangoes6 bushelsTomatoes219 boxes, and
Mushrooms30 „1 tin
Milk, condensed1 tinTurnip tops26 bags