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child a perfectly clean sterile milk, which has the least possible
chance of contamination in the home.
Meat Inspection.
1. Meat Inspection.—The Chief Sanitary and the District
Sanitary Inspectors hold special certificates for meat inspection.
Slaughter-houses and butcher's shops are visited periodically, and
during the year 73 lbs. of diseased meat were seized, and 2206J lbs.
were surrendered. There are 8 slaughter-houses and 34 butchers'
shops in the district. Bach slaughter-house received on an average
11.78 visits per month.
2. Public Abattoir.—There is no public abattoir in the
district. Slaughtering may take place any time, subject to the
requisite notice being given. From time to time suggestions have
been brought forward as to the possibility of establishing an abattoir.
I have on every occassion advised against it, on the grounds
that I do not think that at the present time the expense is justified,
owing to the fact that by far the greater part of the meat coming
into the district is bought at Smithfield and inspected there. There
does not seem to be with the growth of the district any demand for
further facilities for slaughtering at present.
3. Action under Section 117, Public Health Act, 1875.—
None during 1925.
4. Tubercular Meat.—73 lbs. were seized, and 1795J lbs. were
surrendered during the year.

The slaughter-houses as a whole are unsatisfactory.