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On the whole the caravans were found to be kept in a
very fair condition, and no infectious disease was found to
exist.
The usual sanitary accommodation was enforced, 8 earth
closets being erected in three different parts of the Fair for
the use of the van dwellers.
In addition temporary conveniences were erected for the
public at High Barnet Station and at the foot of the Hill in
the East Barnet Valley area.
There was an improvement in the manner in which the
shell fish stalls were conducted, the filthy practice of throwing
fish-shells on the ground being stopped.
Better weather conditions prevailed, and consequently
the cakes and sweets exposed for sale did not get into the
filthy condition which in the previous year necessitated the
seizure of some quantity of them.
COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
The Common Lodging-houses within the District are
two in number.
The accommodation provided is the same as in the
previous year, viz., for 54 lodgers.
One house is a mixed Lodging-house, and the other for
males only.
Midnight inspections were carried out during Barnet
Fair, as on other occasions, and I am pleased to say that
the Bye-laws as regards overcrowding were not infringed,
and the premises were conducted generally in a satisfactory
manner.
Cards are affixed in each room prescribing the number of
persons who can be accommodated therein.
UN50UND FOOD.
The premises wherein food is stored and prepared for sale
have received the same attention as in former years, with a
view to securing that it is prepared under hygienic conditions
and that no unsound food is exposed for sale.
During the course of my inspections I discovered at a
certain butcher's shop a portion of the lungs of a beast
which was tubercular. One lobe had already been sold. I
proceeded into the slaughter-house at the rear and found
certain organs of a beast, including bronchial glands, mediastinal
glands, mesenteric fat and glands, to be very tubercular,
but a very searching examination of all the deepseated
glands could not reveal any of the carcases upon the