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Water Supplies.
In August, Mr. Morris, of Wells Farm, complained of losing a
cow, the death of which he attributed was due to poisoning, caused
by drinking water in the water course which runs through his field.
I took a sample of the water and submitted it to the County Analyst,
who reported that it was unfit for drinking purposes. This result I
communicated to Mr. Morris, and he removed his cattle from the field.
In another instance, Dr. Rudd complained of the well water
which the occupiers were drinking at Heathfield Lodge, Gunnersbury
Lane. I also took a sample of this water and had it analysed, and
received a report that it was quite unfit for drinking purposes, and
the necessary steps were taken to inform the occupiers concerned of
the result of the analysis.
Removal of Dead Body.
In August, I received a complaint from an occupier in Hooper's
Mews, stating that the dead body of his wife had been lying in the
living room for some days awaiting the Poor Law undertaker. The
weather being very hot, the smell from the body was unbearable, and
I, therefore, had it removed to the Mortuary to await burial.
Inspection of Meat and other Foods.
The butcher's shops, greengrocer's shops, and other places where
food is sold or prepared, were frequently inspected during the year,
and in very few cases did.I find any unsound food, or was it necessary
for me to call the occupier's attenting to any insanitary conditions or
want of cleanliness.
The cutting out of pharyngeal glands of pigs by slaughtermen
and butchers has practically ceased on account of the steps the Council
took in the matter, and also, I think, by the stringent measures
taken by the City Corporation.
Messrs. T. Wall and Sons' sausage and potted meat works in
Warple Way are visited twice every week, and I can only report that
great care and cleanliness is observed. All the carcases of pigs are
accompanied by a veterinary surgeon's certificate to the effect that they
are free from disease. Extensive cold storage is provided, so that in