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milk, either at the place of pasteurisation or in the course of
delivery. These samples all complied with the Regulations prescribed
in connection with Pasteurised Milk.
MEAT.
There are no public abattoirs in the District. Quite a large
quantity of meat slaughtered at the Caledonian Market is brought
into the District.

Mr. Fred Wilson, Chief Sanitary Inspector; Mr. H. Wiggett,
Mr. A. Ramsden, Mr. R. Johnson and Mr. G. R. Evans,
Sanitary Inspectors, who hold the Certificate of the Royal
Sanitary Institute as Inspectors of Meat and Foods, visit the
slaughter-houses at very frequent intervals. They paid 952 visits
during the year, when they examined 13,219 carcases, securing the
surrender of 25 carcases arid 166 parcels of diseased organs.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
The inspection of slaughter-houses and of animals slaughtered
therein takes up a large amount of the time of the Sanitary Inspectors,
and causes considerable difficulty, in view of the fact that
much of the slaughtering takes place between the hours of 5 and
9 at nights.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933.
The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, provides that no animal
shall be slaughtered except by means of a mechanically operated
instrument. Certain exceptions to this rule, however, are set forth.
This Act has been put into force in the District, and the methods
recommended are in operation in every slaughter-house.
In addition, the Act provides that no person, unless holding a
Licence from the local Authority, shall slaughter animals. No
new applications for Licences were received during the year,
but 20 applications for renewal of Licences were received, and
all these were granted.