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OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Regular inspections of the premises where offensive trades are
carried on have been made, and they are, so far as the nature of the
business will allow, kept in a cleanly manner.
In addition to the offensive trades enumerated in Section 112 of
the Public Health Act 1875, the Council have, by virtue of the
powers given them by Section 51 of the Public Health (Amendment)
Act, 1890, added the trades of Fish Frying, Gut Scraping and Rag
and Bone Dealing, but no applications were received for the consent
of the Council to establish any of these trades.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS & MILKSHOPS.
There are three cowkeepers, five dairymen and forty-eight
purveyors of milk on the register. Three applications for registration
as retailers of milk, and one to be registered as a cowkeeper, have
been received and reported upon during the year. Inspections have
been frequently made to the dairies, cowsheds and milkshops,
particular attention being paid to cleanliness. The cows in the district
are inspected quarterly by the Council's Veterinary Inspector.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES
The number of common lodging houses in the district, as will be
seen from the following table, remains the same as in 1913, viz. 6,
and these houses contain 29 rooms and can accommodate 171
lodgers nightly.