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On September 19th, Mrs. Fanny Grodzinsky, baker, 31, Fieldgate Street,
was summoned for being in possession of a quantity of liquid eggs which were
intended for human food, the same being unsound and unfit for human consumption.
She was fined £12 and £2 2s. costs.
On September 19th, Mr. Hyman Grodzinsky, baker, 20, Bedford Street,
and 265, Commercial Road, was summoned for being in possession of a
quantity of liquid eggs which were intended for food, the same being unsound
and unfit for human consumption. He was fined £8 and £2 2s. costs.
On September 19th, Mr. Goodman Weibitsky, baker, 75, Oxford Street,
was summoned for being in possession of a quantity of liquid eggs which were
intended for human food, the same being unsound and unfit for human consumption.
He was fined £3 and £1 1s. costs.
On November 1st, Mr. Joseph Cohen, 31, Pelham Street, was summoned
for selling unsound plums from a barrow in Bell Lane. The summons was
dismissed because the Magistrate believed the defendant was only sorting the
plums at the time of seizure and they were not therefore exposed for sale.
Report on the Examination of Food presented to the
Public Health Committee on June 14th, 1906.
A report on the examination of food in our Borough naturally falls under
the following heads:—
(1) Canned goods.
(2) Butchers' meat.
(3) Meat in Tripe Dressers' shops.
(4) Dairies and Cowsheds.
(5) Ice Cream.
(6) Other food {e.g., Eggs, Fried Fish).
1. Canned Goods.
At the present time there is only one firm in this Borough which manufactures
canned goods, viz.—Messrs. Cunningham & De Fourier. Their
premises are situated in West India Dock Road. In addition to making
tinned meat, they manufacture meat paste, tinned vegetables, fruit cordials,
&c. Whenever I visited the premises, I found the floors, tables and appliances
in a clean condition. The description in the newspapers of meat thrown on
the ground, and trodden on accidentally by men with dirty boots, as is said to