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(4) May 13th, 1907. Mr. Christian Dunger, of 79, Three Colt Street, was
summoned for having upon his premises, 9 pieces of bullocks lung, which were
in preparation for sale and were, upon examination, found to be diseased with
Tuberculosis.
He was fined £5 and 23s. costs.
(5) July 18th, 1907. Mr. Dominico Varndy was summoned for having
unsound and unwholesome meat exposed for sale at No. 192, Old Church Road,
on July 15th.
He was fined £4.
(6) August 7th, 1907. Messrs. Kaiser and Abrahams were summoned at
Old Street Police Court for having deposited for the purpose of preparation
for sale, at 44, Artillery Lane, on July 19th, 212 sides of smoked salmon,
which were unfit for human consumption. In one of the rooms there was a
machine for making salmon paste, and by its side, on the same table, there
was a quantity of unsound smoked salmon, colouring matter, etc. The
defendants' explanation of the presence of the unsound salmon was, that they
had recently started in business. They themselves did not know the method
of smoking salmon, and had engaged a manager to do so. Unfortunately,
he was not well up in the proper method, and had spoilt all those that he had
attempted to cure. Defendants discharged him, and as they had an agreement
with him, they kept the spoilt salmon so that it could be produced if he
brought an action for wrongful dismissal against the defendants. After the
Magistrate had expressed his difficulty to convict, the case was withdrawn on
the defendants paying £7 7s. costs.
(7) Proceedings against Simon Schwartz, 93a, Commercial Street, E.
October 10th, 1907. I visited the above premises, accompanied by Inspectors
Mills and Abson. In the first room that we entered, a woman was breaking
eggs from a case, putting the liquid portion of the eggs in jars and tins,
and the shells in a bucket or bin. The eggs that she was breaking, as well
as the contents of the jar, and four tins, that were on the floor beside her,
were bad and quite unfit for human consumption. Mr. Schwartz came into the
room, and I told him that I would seize the above-mentioned eggs. He
replied that he knew that the eggs were bad, but that they contained from
20 to 30 per cent. of salt, and were going to be sent to Germany for leather
dressing.