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WATER SUPPLY.
There are still a few houses supplied by water pumped from
shallow wells, some having force pumps, and supplying a separate
cistern for flushing the water closet. Samples of these waters are
submitted for analysis from time to time.
The following works were carried out under this heading
143 cisterns were repaired and covered.
Owing to some of the cisterns being difficult of access for cleansing
purposes, six of the water supplies were taken directly off the main
supply.
FOOD DESTROYED.
During the year the following goods were destroyed :—
10 boxes kippers. 2 boxes mackerel.
3 cases chilled rabbits. 3 trunks mixed fish.
5 boxes smoked haddocks, 2 trunks whiting.
1 box kidneys. 4 boxes cat-fish.
1 trunk mackerel. 1 trunk small haddocks.
To assist retailers who, on arriving in the district and opening
their goods find they are unsound, it has been the practice for them
to bring their goods to the office for examination, and when they
are found to be unfit for human food, to detain the same and get an
order for their destruction from a magistrate.
A certificate is given to the owner, this enabling him to recover
his money for the goods destroyed, and thus prevents a tendency
which would otherwise exist to expose such food for sale. Most of
the foods before mentioned are bought from samples, and not opened
until they reach the owner's premises.