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eldest being females 14 and 16 years, were living and sleeping.
In addition, a man (not the father) slept with them. Notice
was served and complied with.
Case "B." A basement room was found to be occupied by
a woman, two sons aged 17 and 20 years, two daughters aged 15
and 13 and one younger. Notice was served to relieve the congestion
and complied with.
Case "C." A room was found to be occupied by a man, his
wife, a son aged 20, two daughters 18 and 13 and two younger
children. The room contained 1,586 cubic feet.—Notice to
discontinue was at once complied with.
Cow and The whole were duly inspected and found to be in
Slaughter
Houses. good condition. Some cleansing was necessary which
on request was readily complied with and no opposition to the
licenses was made.
BakeHave all undergone the usual inspections. Some
Houses.
new ones have been built and are in conformity with the
Act of 1883.
Fat boiling. Complaint was made of offensive effluvia being
emitted from a yard at rear of Maysoule Cottages. Inspection
was made, when it was found that a trade for the extraction of
fat was being carried on without any license. Communication
was at once made to the County Council, who rightly refused to
grant a license and the factory was at once closed.
Articles Articles of food ordered to be destroyed as unfit for
destroyed
as unlit for human food were:—
food. 1 trunk of mackerel (60).
1 bag of mussels (about 3 bushels).
250 bad cocoa-nuts.
3 trunks of plaice.
42 fowls.
In the latter case of the destruction of fowls the Vendor
was summoned and the decision of the presiding Magistrate was
so peculiar that for the information of all Vestrymen I deem it
worthy of being set forth in this report. The Sanitary Committee
took up the matter, and by their representation to the