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possible amount of friction, although I have found it necessary
to obtain the Board's sanction to apply for summonses in a
number of cases. Where the work has been completed before
the hearing, I have withdrawn the summons. In every other
instance I have either obtained a Magistrate's Order with
costs, or a conviction with penalty and costs. In one case
I obtained the sanction of the Board to do the work, in
default of the owner complying with the Magistrate's Order,
and ultimately recovered the cost of so doing on a Warrant.
I have made several seizures of unwholesome food, for
which Magistrate's Orders to destroy have been obtained and
carried out.
In three cases summonses have been issued, and two
convictions obtained, in which penalties of £10 and £20
respectively have been inflicted.
I have from time to time received complaints as to
obstructions of footways, upon which I have served notices,
this, in the majority of cases, has had the desired effect,
and I have been successful in reducing the obstruction of footways
about the Borough Market to the lowest possible minimum.
In two cases only has it been necessary to issue summonses,
the Magistrate in the first case adjourned the summons to
enable the defendant to discontinue the obstruction, this being
done the summons was withdrawn; in the second case,
which gave some trouble, a fine of 10s. and costs was indicted.
I have obtained and submitted for analysis eighty-eight
samples under the "Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 and 1879,"
and the "Margarine Act, 1887," which has been followed by
eleven convictions. I may add that recently the Board have
ordered the number of samples to be increased from 100 to
150 per annum, which I anticipate will result in a corresponding
increase in the number of convictions.
I have paid special attention to the removal of house refuse,
scavenging, cleansing and watering of the district, and have
found it necessary on several occasions to report default on
the part of the contractor, with the result that the Board
have, in most instances, inflicted a fine.