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Provided Always that this Order shall not apply to any Cockles or
Winkles which before distribution for sale have been subject to a process of
sterilization by steaming under pressure in a suitable apparatus for at least six
minutes, or, in the case of Winkles, by boiling in water maintained at the boiling
point for at least fifteen minutes of time.
Dated the 16th day of November, 1916.
JAMES BELL,
Guildhall, Town Clerk.
London, E.C.
Appeal has been lodged with the Local Government Board against these Orders
and is pending.
SHEERNESS.
Shellfish from the Lapwell.
In May also, the following undertaking given by Messrs. Hole and Dodd with
regard to the private laying known as the Lapwell, was laid before your Worshipful
Committee :—
" To meet with your requirements, to prevent shellfish being taken from the
Lapwell by any unauthorised person or persons for human consumption previous
to relaying in pure sea water—
1. We hereby undertake to have notices affixed on the foreshore that
offenders will be prosecuted, and will prosecute any person or persons
reported either by the Sanitary Authority or by the Police.
2. That a circular letter will also be sent to the fish dealers in Sheerness,
warning them against purchasing any shellfish for sale, taken from
the Lapwell.
3. We will also insert a copy of the Notice in the Sheerness local paper
for two consecutive weeks.
4. And wre further undertake to relay all shellfish that we may take from
the Lapwell in pure sea water in Stangate Creek for not less than one
month before being sold for human consumption.
Y ours faithfully,
HOLE AND DODD."
The warning notice inserted in the " Guardian " and " East Kent Advertiser " for
April 2nd and 29th, was as follows :—
SHELLFISH—WARNING.
Complaints of illness have recently been traced to Shellfish said to have
been taken from the Lapwell.
Notice is hereby given that any unauthorised person taking Shellfish
from these grounds will be prosecuted.
21, Monument Street,
London, E.C.,
22nd March, 1916.
By Order,
HOLE AND DODD.