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label them with brand names or signs, with or without their own names and
addresses, and supply them to retail grocers, milkmen, provision shops, oilshops,
general shops, and others.
The shopkeepers who sell the tins of milk put by all the tins that have burst
in the shop, or have been sold and opened by customers and returned, and at
intervals return these tins to the wholesale dealer, and recoup the cost. What
becomes of these opened tins of unsound condensed milk?
Some shopkeepers can recognize tins of condensed milk when unsound and
blown, and blown tins are put aside and returned to the wholesale dealers, and
the shopkeepers recoup themselves. What becomes of the blown tins of
condensed milk returned into the wholesale dealer's hands?
Some shopkeepers cannot or do not recognise unsound milk in blown tins.
Hitherto the Inspectors have not made formal seizures of these, but have called
the attention of shopkeepers to blown tins in the window or on the shelves or
otherwise exposed or deposited for sale, and have obtained surrenders of them
with written requests to destroy them as trade refuse.
SHELLFISH AND ENTERIC FEVER.
During the third quarter of 1902 an outbreak of enteric fever at Southend
was traced to the eating of polluted cockles. The following cases in St. Pancras
were traced to Southend:
R. W. Wallis, m, 16 years, 32, Allcroft Road. Notification received
7th July. Ate shellfish at Southend.
Gr. A. Bolton, m, 17 years, 98, Marsden Street. Notification received
19th July. Shellfish, Southend.
E. Holder, f, 25 years, 34, Maitland Park Road. Notification received
22nd July. Returned home from 71, Cadinthe (?) Road, Westcliff.
Harry Morgan, m, 10½ years, 5, Belmont Street. Notification received
26th July. Cockles bought in Queen's Crescent.
Minnie Smith, f, 35 years, 35, Warden Road. Notification received
10th September. Holiday at Southend.
F. J. Eldon, m, 15 years, 17, Handel Street. Notification received
15th September. Ate cockles at Southend.
H. Balls, m, 10 years, 15, Piercefield Street. Notification received
18th September. Ate cockles at Southend 3 weeks ago.
C. Morcambe, m, 29 years, 2, Euston Street. Notification received
22nd September. Ate cockles 7th September at Southend.
Austin Curran, m, 22 years, 52, Mornington Road. Notification received
22nd September. Ate oysters and cockles about a month ago at
Westcliff.
J. T. Eldon, m, 4 years, 17, Handel Street. Notification received
7th October. Brother of Eldon above.
Dorothy Smith, f, 7 years, 35, Warden Road. Notification received
29th October. Daughter of Minnie Smith above.