Bread, bakehouses and bacteria : reprints of various papers / by F. J. Waldo and David Walsh.

  • Waldo, F. J.
Date:
1895
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Credit: Bread, bakehouses and bacteria : reprints of various papers / by F. J. Waldo and David Walsh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    admitted that the premises had been repaired and cleaned. Mr. Watson : Do you know that since 1878, at least two district surveyors and several medical officers and sanitary inspectors, who have inspected the premises, found no fault ?—Dr. Waldo : No ; I am only able to report what I have seen myself, and to express an opinion that the faults discovered are many and serious.—Mr. Watson : They did not make themselves so busy as you do, did they ?—Dr. Waldo: Their official duties are many and varied, and formerly in this district they had not the time to visit these places more than once or, at most, twice in a year. The staff has recently been doubled, and the bakehouses are now inspected once every three months. Chief Sanitary Inspector Edwards corroborated Dr. Waldo’s testimony. Mr. Watson, for the defence, said his client was quite willing to conform with the law, and since the visit of Dr. Waldo he had thoroughly repaired the premises. In support of this a surveyor named Lansdowne, son of the late district surveyor to the London County Council, was called, and stated that his father had frequently inspected the premises before his death. Witness had visited the premises that afternoon, and he found them in as perfect sanitary condition as it was possible for a cellar bakery to be.—Mr. Slade : There will be a conviction. I shall fine the defendant the full penalty of forty shillings and costs, and after hearing the evidence of the Medical Officer, I refuse to order means to be adopted by the occupier to remove, within a time named, the ground of complaint. Case D (St. George’s, Southwark). Dr. F. J. Waldo, on behalf of the Yestry, prosecuted a baker in the Old Kent Koad for occupying and using as a bakehouse a place unfit, on sanitary grounds, for such