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Shoreditch 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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DISINFECTANTS.
During the months of June, July, August and September,
6 tons of disinfectants were given away at the Town Hall to
13,427 applicants.
FOOD, condemned and destroyed, being unfit for human
consumption:—
Eels 1 barrel.
Kail 4 sacks.
Onions 2 boxes.
Oysters 1 sack.
Plaice 1 trunk.
Herrings 3 barrels.
Meat (sundries) 47 lbs.
Rabbits 123.
Wet Haddocks 1 trunk.
Fish (sundries) 30 lbs.
"SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT." Articles
analysed (see Analyst's Report).
Milk 40
Butter 36
Pepper 11
Mustard 11
Total 98
PROSECUTIONS UNDER "FOOD AND DRUGS ACT."
Fines were inflicted amounting to £46 15s. in 25 cases.
REMOVAL OF DUST.
The number of dust complaints during the past year and the three previous years are shown in the following table.
| Eastern Division. | Western Division. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| 1887 | 1,785 | 44 | 1 | 1,942 | 46 | 1 |
| 1886 | 2,287 | 7 | 0 | 3,430 | 104 | 2 |
| 1885 | 1,538 | 16 | 0 | 2,081 | 15 | 0 |
| 1884 | 1,660 | 51 | 1 | 1,605 | 20 | 0 |