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In connection with nuisances arising from the fishmonger's
trade, complaints continued to be received in the summer months of
the offensive odours arising from the removal of fish offal, and
during the year four persons were prosecuted for conveying offensive
matter through the district during prohibited hours.
Slaughter-houses.—There are now upon the Register 16 old
registered slaughter-houses and one registered knacker's yard,
together with 16 annually licensed slaughter-houses and one annually
licensed knacker's yard. Owing to the proximity to the London
market the amount of slaughtering carried out locally forms a small
percentage of the meat sold, but the infrequency of use and scattered
location of the private slaughter-house render efficient inspection
extremely difficult and unsatisfactory. I dealt with the possibilities
in this connection very fully in my report for 1910.
During the year Mr. J. Taylor, of No. 9, Otley Terrace, Prince
Regents Lane, applied for permission to slaughter pigs in a stable at
No. 25, Upper Road, Plaistow, but the application was refused.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Although each Inspector
of Nuisances is required by the terms of his appointment to take
samples if necessary under the above Acts, a special Inspector is
appointed ad hoc to devote the greater part of his time to carrying out
the duties imposed by their provisions on the Council.
Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and the Public Health
(Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, 1,266 samples were purchased
for analysis, and 120 were returned by the Public Analyst as
adulterated, the number of samples taken being at the rate of 4.2
per 1,000 of the census population. In London the samples taken
during the year 1912 were at the rate of 5 6 per 1,000, and in the
rest of England at the rate of 2'6 per 1,000. I applied for
summonses in 61 cases, at the hearing of which fines and costs
amounting to £116 15s. were imposed. The particulars of these
will be found in the appendix.