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10 were under observation, and four sanitary notices were served, in two instances
for defective yard paving, and in two for cleansing. Inspector Langstone had
8 under observation, and no sanitary notices were required. Inspector Pearson
had 13, and three sanitary notices were required for cleansing. On Inspector Stokes's
district 15 were under inspection, and two sanitary notices were required: the work
done, including the reconstruction of drains, the paving of the yards and general
cleansing, also the provision of proper arrangements for offal, and in one case the
repairing of the roof. Inspector Wright had 9 under observation in connection
with which one notice was served for cleansing.
Altogether 62 fried fish shops were under observation during the year, and some 14
sanitary notices were required in connection with them, mainly for cleansing and
lime-washing.
STREET MARKETS AND FOOD.
The usual supervision was exercised by the sanitary officers with respect to
food exposed for sale in the Borough, and frequent inspections were made for the
detection of unsound and unwholesome food. A sanitary inspector was on duty
every evening throughout the year in accordance with the instructions of the
Borough Council.
The following were surrendered or seized and destroyed as unfit for the food
of man :—
Plaice, 18 stone; mackerel, 25; kippers, 3 boxes; eels, 1 cwt. 8 lbs.; whelks,
5 bags, and mussels 2 bags; heads, hearts, livers and lights, 1 cwt.; beef, 1 cwt.
34 lbs.; pigs' heads, 39 stone; sheeps' plucks, 37; chicken, 2 qrs. 10 lbs.; rabbits,
2 cases, and fowls 2; tomatoes, 49 boxes; onions, 3 bags and 69 lbs.; loose greens,
8 tons 14¾ cwts.; lettuces, 40 bushels; sauerkraut, 3¾ cwts.; oranges, 278; grapes,
2 cwts. 3 stone; pears, 10 boxes and 36 lbs.; walnuts, 70 lbs.; bananas, 1 case;
pomegranates, 29 cases ; pears and pomegranates, 1 cwt., and apples, 14 boxes.
The proprietor of a butcher's business which was situate at No. 133a, Hoxton
Street, was fined £5, with 2s. costs, for being in possession of 10 pieces of brisket of
beef found in pickle on the premises by Inspector Stokes. The beef was tainted and
unfit for the food of man, and was seized and carried before a Magistrate.
A man named John Potts was bound over at the Newington Sessions for exposing
for sale rotten oranges, which were seized by Inspector Stokes, and ordered to be
destroyed by the Magistrate.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The reports of the Public Analyst, Mr. H. G. Harrison, M.A., show that 577
samples were submitted to him for analysis during the year. This number is at the
rate of a little over 5 per 1,000 inhabitants.