HC Deb 28 July 1904 vol 138 c1444

Return ordered, "showing, as regards each of the following local authorities, viz., the Councils of the City of London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bolton, Birkenhead, Bradford, Blackpool, Hull, Nottingham, Derby, and Portsmouth, (1) the number of Sanitary Inspectors, Inspectors of Nuisances, or other officers appointed to act as Inspectors of Meat; (2) what special qualifications, if any, these officers possess for the discharge of the duties of Inspectors of Meat; (3) the amounts received by the Council during the year ended the 31st day of March, 1904, on account of fines and costs in connection with prosecutions relating to unsound or diseased meat; and (4) the law costs paid by the Council during that year in respect of any proceedings at quarter sessions or in the High Court arising out of the decisions of justices in connection with such prosecutions."—(Mr. Field.)