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ARTICLES OF FOOD, &o., condemned and destroyed as
being unfit for human consumption:—
1 box of Spanish onions
400 cocoa nuts
70 bags of potatoes
24 pounds of pears
and about one hundred bullocks hearts
The vendor of the bullocks hearts was summoned at Worship
Street, Police Court, and fined £10
OBSTRUCTIONS.
Many complaints having been made of encroachments on the
public footway, several seizures of furniture were made in Old Street,
under the Act of George III., and penalties imposed by Vestry.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.— See Analyst's
Report.
REMOVAL OF DUST.— during the past year the removal of
dust has been fairly attended to.
The number of applications during the past year, compared with
the number of applications dining the previous three years, is shown
below:—
Eastern Division. Western Division.
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1883-4 1660 51 1 1605 20 0
In the previous three years the average number was—
1285 8 0 1295 5 0
Scavenging of roads has been fairly attended to by the Vestry's
contractors.
WATERING THE ROAD—This work was done fairly well,
but much loss of time was occasioned by the defective condition of
the vans supplied by the contractor.