"FISH OH!"

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 62, 10 September 1904, Page 9

"FISH OH!"

TO THE EDITOR. . »S» Si 1 r T I T. thillk ib is hs g h *»« tkat tha Health Department, or whoever may be responsible for the duty, made a thojouch, inspection, of the fish offered for sale by the hawkers in this city. Unwary and inexperienced housewives aro continually being victimised by tho cunning and deception of these men v Fish with tho gills removed, "so as to preclude an easy test, are offered and guaranteed fresh, and very often turn quite bad in a Jew hours. Unless the fish actually smells when received there aro many housewives who cannot (especially with the gills removed) tell how long it is since it has been caught. These should certainly bo protected from unscrupulous dealers, aud tha public health conserved. What, too is to prevent the purchase of cancerous fish, so many of which have lately beei) found to exist among the imported trout? Meat, milk, and other foods aro dealt with by our laws and subjected to careful inspection, but fish, than which nothing is more likely to bring on serious ilhiesa if bad, seems to be overlooked. How often is a hawker's cart or barrow examined when on hi% rounds? It is the suburban residents, who are unable, to benefit by the town shops, that arc" the most victimised, I think a Substantial fino should be inflicted on any hawker fouud with such fish in his cart. W-.fc» up, Dr, Mason, nnd look after tli "ish, is the advice of HOUSEWIFE, Kilbirnie, 7th September.

An attempt is being made at Foxton to form a Flaxniillers' Association, «