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Police Court Piioceedings.
On June 8th, Mrs. Hannah Brown, of 151, White Horse Street, was fined £3
and 23s. costs for exposing for sale 21 pieces of salt pork which were unsound and
unfit for human food.
On October 15th, Mi-. Joseph Beitel, a baker, of 48, Brick Lane, was summoned
for having deposited in his bakehouse 225 eggs which were unsound and
unwholesome and which were intended for preparation for human food. The defendant
did not appear at the Court, and his representative informed the Magistrate
that he had absconded to Germany. The summons was adjourned sine die, and a
warrant was afterwards issued for his arrest.
On October 20th, Mr. Harry Mead, a butcher, of 16, Edinburgh Road, was
fined £10 and £3 3s. costs for exposing for sale on a stall in White Horse Street
a quantity of meat weighing 133 lb., which was unfit for human food.
On November 2nd, Mr. Solomon Nadur, of 28, Watney Street, was summoned
for obstruction in connection with the seizure of 10 boxes of condensed milk on his
premises. The owner returned the goods to the wholesale dealer after they had
been seized, and after the Inspector had temporarily left the premises.
The summons was dismissed because the Magistrate said he was not satisfied
that the defendant knew what the Inspector meant when he said that he had seized
the goods. The Medical Officer of Health for the district where the goods had been
returned to was at once communicated with, and as a result a seizure was made by
him on Harvey & Foster's (Fells) premises. Mr. Fells was subsequently fined £20
and £5 5s. costs at the West Ham Police Court.
On November 17th, Mr. S. Tabatchnik, a wholesale and retail egg merchant, of
39, Fairclougli Street, was sent to prison for one month with hard labour without
the option of a fine, for having deposited on his premises 6,749 eggs which were in
an unsound and unwholesome condition. In addition to the bad eggs, there were
on the premises only 1,759 good ones.
On November 26th, Mrs. Betsy Jacobs, of 115, Old Castle Street, was fined £2
and 23s. costs for exposing for sale on a stall in Wentworth Street a quantity of
rotten plums, grapes and apples.
Seizures were also made on the premises of a pork butcher, of Watney Street;
a beef butcher of Watney Street; a quantity of eggs on a stall in Wentworth Street.
The articles seized were taken before the Magistrate and an order made to have
them destroyed. The Public Health Committee decided not to take proceedings but
to severely caution the owners.