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ations have been made in the law relating to the adulteration of
food, drink, and drugs—heavy penalties are imposed on persons
mixing injurious ingredients and selling the same, as also on persons
selling any article which is not of the nature, substance, and quality
demanded by the Purchaser, provided that no offence shall be
deemed to have been committed if at the time of delivery of such
article a notice is delivered to the purchaser by a label legibly printed,
to the effect that the same is mixed.
There are rather special regulations the Purchaser must pursue
should he desire to have the article analysed. But, on the whole, the
Act is considered to be an improvement in the law ; one new and
important feature being that the penalties imposed by the Act are,
in cases of prosecutions by the Vestries and District Boards, ordered
to be paid to those Authorities, to be applied in liquidation of the
expenses of such prosecutions.
Under this Act, Dr. Redwood, of the Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain, has been re-appointed the Analyst for the District of
this Board. There have been 206 cases of analysis during the year.
Proceedings were taken in 11 cases, and convictions obtained. The
fines and costs imposed in such cases amounted to £26. 19s. 6c/. It
is to be observed that the number of analysis cases, convictions, and
fines is less than last year, owing to the alterations in the law being
under the consideration of Parliament during a part of the period,
and to time being required to make the necessary arrangements for
carrying out the new law. Annexed to this Report will be found that
of the Analyst for the past year.
Sanitary Acts.
There have been several cases of prosecutions under these Acts,
and in all cases orders have been made by the Magistrates for the
abatement of the nuisances complained of. In some instances the
Board have, under the powers given by the Acts, entered on the
premises and performed the work directed by the Magistrates, and
recovered the costs of the same from the owners.
Wood Pavements.
Several applications, by residents in the District, having been
made to the Board to lay down Wood Pavements in their Streets,
the Board, after much consideration, on account of the increased
cost of such work, and to there being no satisfactory datd of
the best and most durable pavement, determined to try three of
those most approved, and accordingly have caused the following
Streets to be paved with wood, viz.: the west side of Bloomsbury
Square, consisting of 1,048 yards, by the Improved Wood
Pavement Company Limited, at a cost of 14s. 6d. per yard; a
portion of Hart Street, from New Oxford Street to Bury Place, by
the Asphaltic Wood Pavement Company Limited, consisting of