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UNSOUND FOOD.
Applications were received for removal and destruction as trade refuse of
the following articles of food, all of which were unsound and unfit for the
food of man:—
30 crates Bananas.
6 bundles Tomatoes.
429 tins Preserved Fruits (assorted).
14 bottles Do.
69 lbs. Spanish Onions.
1 bag Chestnuts.
16 stone Pork (2 fore quarters).
1 jar Marmalade.
40 bottles Jelly.
53 tins Sardines.
6 tins Tinned Fish.
1 tin Tinned Meats.
1 trunk Whiting.
1 Turkey.
2 tins Condensed Milk.
10 jars Mustard.
5 tins Spinach.
OFFENSIVE FUMES FROM FACTORIES.
During the year 1909 four new oil engines were provided by an Electric
Supply Company; much nuisance was caused by offensive fumes emitted from
the chimney shaft receiving the exhaust pipes from these engines, and many
complaints were received.
The matter received much careful consideration, and various alterations
were carried out by the Company, and the exhaust pipes were carried up
more than 20 feet above the top of the chimney shaft. As further complaints
were received, the Company in 1910 carried up these exhaust pipes an
additional 15 feet. Notwithstanding this, the nuisance continued from time
to time. Plans for the construction of a chimney stack of ferro-concrete,
about 150 feet high, were submitted to the London County Council. Since
the completion of the work last year no complaints have been received.
Complaints are occasionally received of nuisances from offensive fumes
from other premises which have been dealt with in former years. These are
now only due to some accident or temporary defect, and the nuisances are
soon abated.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
The smoke shafts in the Borough were frequently kept under observation,
and in 111 cases the inspections were recorded. Five intimation
notices and 1 statutory notice were served.
On account of complaints respecting frequent smoke nuisances from a factory
chimney, this chimney was kept under consecutive observation for two periods of
three hours each, and nine photographs of black smoke were taken. I found that
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