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about three-quarters of the milk sold in the district
is imported.
The Veterinary Surgeon also reports that he has
found no case of Tuberculosis amongst the cows during
the year.
Cowsheds.
There are five farms where cows are kept. Four of
these have two cowsheds, the other only one. Three
sheds may be described as fairly modern; two as rather
dilapidated, yet decently kept; one is part of an old
barn, and very well paved and kept; the other three
have irregular floor surfaces, and require frequent
supervision.
All have water laid on (in one, the tap is 60 feet
distant), keep means for washing the cows' udders and
the milkers' hands, and provide clean towels and
aprons.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918.
The Local Authority has taken no action. A
considerable distribution of dried milk, at cost, or less
than cost, price, is made at the Infant Welfare Centre.
Other Foods.
A considerable quantity of unsound meat has been
surrendered by butchers, who have informed the Health
Department that such had been allotted to them at the
wholesale markets.
Fish also has been surrendered in like fashion, but
neither of these two have been seized as unsound
under the Public Health Acts.
The internal organs of one cow were found, on
slaughtering, to be tuberculous, and were destroyed.
There is no public abattoir, and only three slaughterhouses.
These are frequently inspected, and any
recommendations for improving, cleanliness, or for the
disposal of blood, etc., are followed.
No action has had to be taken under Sec. 117 of the
Public Health Act, 1875.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 13 in use, none of them underground.
They have been frequently inspected, and found
satisfactory.