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Legal Proceedings with respect to Unsound Food.
On 2nd November A. Ajdelkopf was summoned for exposing for sale at
his shop 27 bananas which were unsound and unfit for human food.
He was fined £20, with £h 5s. costs.
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry.
The foodstuffs arriving by this route included Meat, Fruit, Vegetables,
Poultry, Eggs and Bacon of Belgian and Italian origin.
193 inspections were made—158 by Mr. Dee and 35 by Mr. Guy.
The total weight of meat examined was 1,791 tons. This consisted of
Belgian Calves and offal, Belgian Pigs and offal, Argentine Beef and offal
(slaughtered at Zeebrugge), and Italian Pigs.
The total weight of fruit examined was 14,280 tons, and 450 tons of
vegetables. This was of Belgian and Italian origin.
The Ministry of Agriculture Order prohibiting the importation of fresh
meat from European countries, which came into force on the 3rd June,
did not immediately stop the arrival of fresh meat at Bishopsgate, as there
were consignments of Argentine cattle in course of transit, to which the order
did not apply. The last consignment of fresh meat examined was on the 26th
July.
By reason of the termination of meat imports, and diminution on the
quantity of fruit imports, the special night inspections at Bishopsgate were
suspended on 14th October.
General Sanitary Work.
37,686 inspections were made to houses.
44,500 re-visits were made by the Inspectors to supervise the abatement
of the nuisances found in 15,138 houses. 7,923 statutory notices were served;
41 summonses were taken under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
4,446 drains were tested with smoke, and 175 were re-tested; 1,522 drains
were either constructed or re-constructed, cleansed or repaired; 258 were
trapped.
152 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated; 673 new closet pans and
traps were fixed; 3,102 closets were either cleansed or repaired, or provided
with additional light and ventilation; 1,153 water closets were provided with
a proper flushing apparatus.
46 cisterns were cleansed and covered.