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The Inspector holds the certificate of the Sanitary Association
of Scotland. The superintendent of the Municipal Slaughter
Houses holds the Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute in
Meat and Food Inspection.
All cases of difficulty arising from doubt or difference of
opinion are decided by the Medical Officer of Health.
The Meat Inspector visits the private slaughter houses as far
as possible when slaughtering operations are in progress, and at
other times, to ascertain whether the Bye-Laws as to removal of
offal and general cleanliness are complied with.
The following tabulated statements show the number of inspections
made during the year, number of animals slaughtered in the
Municipal Slaughter Houses, the total amount of meat and other
articles of food destroyed, the reasons for which whole carcases
and all organs were destroyed, the number of animals in which
Tuberculosis was detected, and the action taken with regard to
same. There are fourteen registered Slaughter Houses in the
Borough in addition to the Municipal Slaughter Houses at Pitlake.
One of the registered Slaughter Houses has been removed from
the Register, as for some time it had been used for purposes other
than slaughtering.