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The sale and manufacture of Ice Cream occupied the attention
of the public during the summer months, and I made a
register and inspection of all premises in the district where Ice
Cream was made and stored, and found all in a fairly satisfactory
condition ; any suggestions I had to make were willingly carried
out, and the Inspectors kept a constant supervision over them.
Smoke Nuisances.—The different factories in the district
have received constant attention, and notices were served to abate
the nuisances in 12 cases. Of the offensive trades carried on in
the district in only one case was it necessary to serve a notice to
abate the nuisance, and that a Tripe Boiling Factory in the
Foreign Cattle Market. Workshops, Factories, and Laundries,
&c., have received constant supervision : overcrowding has been
abated, and proper sanitary accommodation provided for the
different sexes. 73 inspections were made.
Bakehouses have received frequent and careful inspection.
They are all well maintained, and in a cleanly condition both as
regards the limewashing of the walls and the sweeping of the
floors, &c.
Cowsheds and slaughter-houses have been regularly inspected
and all the cowsheds were found to be in good repair and wellkept.
The slaughter-houses were also found in good condition.
The Inspectors, acting under instructions, made frequent
examinations of articles of food submitted for sale, and in consequence
of these inspections, a quantity of articles were voluntarily
destroyed by the persons exposing them for sale.
Houses let in Lodgings, or occupied by members of more
than one family, with respect to which the following Bye-laws