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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1964
Slaughter of Animals
There are no private slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1958
Section 3 of this Act provides that no animals shall be slaughtered
or stunned in a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard by any person
who is not the holder of a licence granted by a local authority and
in force under this section.
During the year no applications from persons desirous of acting
as slaughtermen were received by the Council.
Unsound Food
Forty-eight varieties of foodstuff suspected to be unsound were
examined at the request of the owners and afterwards either
destroyed or released for animal feeding. The owners were granted
a certificate to this effect.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and
Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941
These Acts provide for the listing with the local authority of all
persons dealing in poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List.
The number of persons on the Council's list at the end of 1964
was 270, and 288 visits were made to the premises of the listed
persons by the Food Inspectors.
The principal business conducted on the premises of these applicants
is shown in Table II. The majority of the listed sellers are
also purveyors of food.

Bakehouses
There are 49 bakehouses in the Borough, of which 10 are in basements
and subject to the provisions of Section 70 of the Factories
Act, 1961. Two hundred and one visits by the Food Inspectors
were made to these premises during the year.
Certificates of suitability under the Factories Act, 1961, were
granted in respect of 9 underground bakehouses in 1963.