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Special Designated Milk.
The number of persons or firms licenced to sell Special
Designated Milk are as follows:—
4 ' Certified '
7 ' Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)'
— ' Grade A '
11 ' Pasteurised '
1 ' Grade A Pasteurised '
BAKEHOUSES.
Of the 29 bakehouses in the Borough 5 are underground
these were licensed under the Factory Acts of 1901.
SMOKE INSPECTIONS.
Several complaints were received with regard to smoke
nuisances from three factory chimneys. In two cases the nuisances
were abated by the occupiers using a better quality coal but in the
third, the nuisance was still very bad at times and the owners
were threatened with Police Court Proceedings unless an improvement
was effected. They then installed a smoke consuming apparatus,
but notwithstanding, the smoke emitted is occasionally
unsatisfactory, which in my opinion is due entirely to the poor
quality of the coal burnt. Observations of the chimney are continually
being made and all steps will be taken to make the occupiers
comply with the requirements of the Public Health (Smoke Abatement)
Act and the Council's Bye-law made thereunder.
MEAT INSPECTION.
There are two slaughter-houses in the Borough, in one pigs
only are slaughtered and in the other cattle and sheep only. Every
carcase is thoroughly examined by a certificated Meat and Foods
Inspector at the time of slaughter, and it will be seen from a
preceeding table, that a considerable number of carcases are
affected with disease.
At the slaughter-house where pigs only are slaughtered, the
Occupiers in April last, installed an Electro-Lethaler for anaesthetising
the pigs before sticking. The instrument is in the form