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The pears as they arrived in Covent Garden Market were examined
by the Council's Sanitary Inspectors and samples were submitted to the
Public Analyst, who confirmed the presence of arsenic. It was therefore
necessary to examine all the pears arriving at the Market from this
source and this claimed the attention of all the Council's Inspectors.
As a result some 6,000 cases were condemned and destroyed whilst
large quantities were saved after approved treatment by the traders.

333 Notices were served on owners or occupiers under the provisions
of the Eats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
Pigeons.
Under the provisions of Section 121 of the Public Health (London
Act, 1936, the City Council as a Sanitary Authority is empowered for
the purpose of abating or mitigating any nuisance, annoyance, or damage
caused by the congregation of pigeons in the City, having no owner, or
for preventing or minimising any such nuisance, annoyance, or damage
to reduce the number of such pigeons.

Atmospheric Pollution.
Investigation of pollution of the atmosphere in the City area was
continued throughout the year and the following table gives the results
of the monthly analyses of the impurities collected in the rain deposit
gauges at Pimlico and Mayfair.