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The periodical lime-washing is carried out, indeed, many lime-wash much
more often than is laid down by your bye-laws. When defects have occurred
very little trouble is experienced in getting them remedied. (This is no doubt
a great deal to do with the "Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1917" having
given the local authorities the power to license from year to year).
The slaughter houses in the district are under regular inspection by MrWinter,
the Chief-Assistant Sanitary Inspector, who endeavours to be present
at the time of slaughter, but unfortunately there are no laws that compel a
butcher to notify when he is killing animals, and we have frequently found
killing taking place on Sunday mornings. Notice should, in my opinion, be
given to the Inspector in all cases when slaughtering is about to take place, as
this gives a better opportunity of observing the condition of the animals before
the organs and offal are taken away.
310 visits have been made during the year.
The number of animals inspected during the slaughtering operations was:30
oxen, 34 cows and heifers, 135 sheep and lambs, and 876 pigs.
The following unsound meat and offal was surrendered and destroyed:—
3 pigs, 6 pigs' heads, 5 pigs' plucks, 1 sheep's pluck, 1 ox lungs, and mesenteric
fat.
During the year the following foods were examined, surrendered, and
destroyed:—17 rabbits (frozen), 1 crate bananas, 12 boxes tomatoes, 2 trunks
mackerel, 1 basket potatoes, 31 baskets strawberries, 1 box mackerel, 10 baskets
red currants, 1 barrel of conger eel, 3 barrels of sprats, and 1 bag of mussels.

No. of prosecutions 14
No. of convictions 9
pines £8 16s. 0d.