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vsetry and committee meetings.
During the year the following Meetings of the Vestry and its
Committees were held, viz.:—
Vestry Meetings 55
Law and Parliamentary Committee 26
Finance Committe 25
Works and General Purposes Committee 36
Sanitary Committee 25
Cartage Committee 26
Town Hall Committee 19
Lammas Rights Committee 13
New Streets Committee 28
Lighting Committee 14
Special Committee 19
Sub-Committees, &c. 27
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The ordinary meetings of the Vestry are held on alternate Wednesdays
throughout the year (except during the vacations), at Seven o'clock in the
evening, whilst the Standing Committees meet every fortnight, or more
frequently, if necessary.
For list of attendances see pages 11 and 12.
Street Nomenclature.
Orders were received from the London County Council for the
renaming Streets, abolishing subsidiary names, and renumbering houses in
the following, viz.:—
Balser Road. Re-named De Morgan Road.
Francis Street. Re-numbered, subsidiary names abolished.
Normand Lane. Re-named Normand Road.
Peterborough Lane. Re-numbered, subsidiary names abolished.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.
One hundred and thirty-four Samples were analysed during the period
ended 25th March, 1890, under the provisions of the above and amending
Acts, viz.
Milk 96
Coffee 2
Mustard 5
Pepper 6
Cocoa 3
Bread 2
Ice Creams 4
Stout 2
Whiskey 5
Sugar 4
Tea 1
Sweets 2
Vinegar 2
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Adulterations were detected in five cases of milk (the proportion of
added water being from 10 to 20 per cent.) the Vendors of which were
fined by the magistrates; whilst in two cases the milk, though not
adulterated, was so poor that the vendors had to be cautioned.