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Eight notices were received in September, 1875, from Butchers, of their intention
to apply to the Special Sessions for Licenses for Slaughter-houses, and the? having
been severally inspected by the Medical Officer of Health, were all duly licensed by the
Magistrates in October 1875.
Cow Houses.
Five Cow Houses in this parish were licensed by the Magistrates in October 1875.
they having been previously inspected and approved by the Medical Officer of Health.
For further particulars as to sanitary matters, see Medical Officer of Health's
Annual Report hereto annexed. (Appendix No. 1.)
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.
38th and 39th Vic., cap 63.
Dr. John Muter has been appointed Analyst, and Mr. Joseph Edwards as Inspector
under the provisions of this Act, such appointments having been made in
January 1876.
The following is a copy of Dr. Muter's Report for the quarter ending 25th March,
1876:—
Central Public Laboratory,
Kennington Cross, S.E.,
London, 25th March, 1876.
To the Vestry of Rotherhithe.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, I beg to report that I have received from the Inspector during the last quarter
twenty-one samples, consisting of two quantities of drinking water and nineteen of milk.
three milks were condemned as containing each twenty-five per cent. of water, and all
the others were passed as commercially pure. I trust that I will receive a more numerous
and especially a more varied collection of samples in future, now that the new
Inspector is fairly at work, so as to enable me to give you a fair idea of the state of the
entire food supply of the parish in my next repert.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) JOHN MUTER.
Financial.
The last instalment of £200 of the Loan of £2000 borrowed of the late Mr. J. W.
Barrett has been paid oft'.
£3,781, 16s. 0d. has been paid off the loan borrowed of Mr. Robert Lawrence,
for paying the carriageway Union-road and part of the Deptford Lower-road, leaving
£5,677, 4s. 0d. to be repaid by equal annual instalments, within a period of 12 years,
with interest at 5 per cent. per annum.