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to that outbreak I may state that I failed to trace any connection
between fever and the milk supply in this parish,
THE BAKEHOUSES
Have been systematically inspected, and the provisions of the
Act relating thereto duly carried out. There are 108 bakehouses
in the parish, viz., 60 in the North .District, and 48 in the South.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Trades, that is, in which nuisances may be created; such as
marine store shops, greengrocers, fried fish shops, &c., have been,
to a certain extent, inspected during the year.
UNSOUND MEAT.
A large seizure of "American bacon and pork," amounting to
182 lbs in weight, was made at a cheesemongers shop, at Notting
Hill,in the month of March. The magistrate who condemned
the meat, passed severe and well-deserved strictures upon the conduct,
not so much of the retailer as of the wholesale dealer and
his agent. It should, however, have been obvious to the retailer
that sound food could not be had at the low price paid for this parcel.
Understanding that a similar class of food was being sold in two
adjoining parishes, I put myself in communication with the
respective Medical Officers of Health, as well as with the Medical
Officer of the parish in which the wholesale dealer carried on his
business. No other actual seizure of food was made; but in
numerous cases poor purchasers of indifferent meat and fish,
tainted or stale, have been assisted by the inspectors in the recovery
of their expenditure.
COMPLAINT AGAINST THE GAS COMPANY.
For many years complaints have been made from time to time
by inhabitants in the Northern parts of the parish of offensive
smells like "gas" both in their houses and in the streets. 1 hese
smells, there could be no doubt, arose from some refuse products
of gas-making, which, proceeding from the works at Kensal New
Town, by way of the open ditches at Salter's Farm, entered the
sewer in Aldermaston Street. Fresh complaints having been made,
communications were addressed to the Secretary of the Company,
who admitted the nuisance and announced their intention of abating
it forthwith. To this end they set about the formation of new
drains so as to divert their drainage from the Counter's Creek sewer
into the middle level sewer. We were after a time informed that
the nuisance had been abated, and yet the inhabitants continued
to complain, and not without reason. Legal proceedings were