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money to the purchaser. The Inspector of
Nuisances on former occasions proved that liability
and blame attaches to the authorities at Billingsgate,
who with a proper staff of inspectors ought
to protect the interests of the public. Dr. Whitmore
remarked in one of his reports last year,that a large
amount of Diarrhoea in his Parish during the past
three months, had been produced by stale or
unsound fish ; and he condemns the practice which
prevails at Billingsgate, of hurriedly selling large
quantities of the cheapest fish at what are called
Dutch auctions, and its quality not being properly
inspected by the Market Authorities.
Frying Fish.
The offensive smell from the frying of fish in
small shops has been much complained of by their
neighbours, and it would be desirable that in future
they should come under the list of trades requiring
periodical inspection.
The Pollution of the Water in the Canal Basin.
Numerous and urgent complaints have been
made by petitions and letters from the inhabitants
of Praed Street, praying the Sanitary Committee
to take steps to abate the nuisance arising from the
offensive state of the water in the canal basin. In
July, 1867, the basin was emptied and tolerably
well cleansed; at Christmas it was imperfectly