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Ventilation.—23.—Open the windows at least twice a day, and
send the children out whenever the weather is fine.
Improper food.—24.—Beer, wine, spirits, tea, cheese, pastry
and other food, such as grown up people take are very bad for young
children, and should never be given to them.
25.—Sleeping draughts, cordials, or any other kind of medicine
should never be administered without medical advice.
Recipes.—To make Barley Water.—Put two teaspoonfuls of
pearl barley into a pint of cold water, and boil down to two-thirds
of a pint, and strain through muslin. Keep this in a cool place.
Make it twice a day, as it will not keep.
To make Beef Tea.—Take one pound of beef, remove all fat
and gristle, cut up into small pieces and place in a jar or stew pan
with one pint of cold water, and half a teaspoonful of salt; allow the
jar to stand in a saucepan full of water, which must simmer (but not
boil) for at least four hours, and then strain.
UNSOUND FOOD,
Several seizures were made during the year:—
1.—February 2nd, accompanied by the Inspector for the No. 3
District, I seized a large number of tinned goods, lying at No. 3,
Sage Street, Shadwell. Knowing that the owner, who was a wholesale
merchant, had been previously prosecuted by a neighbouring
Vestry, but had, unfortunately, been discharged, I decided that I
should carefully sort each individual tin before proceeding before
the magistrate to have them condemned. My plan was this: to divide
a parcel of goods into four, allot one parcel to each of the three
Sanitary Inspectors, and to sort the fourth myself. Then I carefully
examined each tin that had been rejected by the Inspectors so that
I could inform the magistrate that each tin which I had seized had
been examined by me personally. They included 3,971 tins of Milk,
Salmon, Sardines, Soup, Rabbits, Compressed Beef, Vegetables,
etc. It was proved conclusively at the Police Court that he was in