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1897
(g) That be purchased 66 samples of food for analysis, of which
8 were adulterated, and that in each case the offender was
prosecuted, convicted, and fined, with one exception,
where ho had absconded, and for whose arrest a warrant
was issued. He was one of the " Welsh Gang."
(h) That he inspected each of the cow-houses and slaughterhouses
three times, and found them in a very satisfactory
state.
(i) That the removal of manure from tram and bus stables has
been a source of trouble to him and au annoyance to people
in the neighbourhood in which they are situated, as it has
been carried out in a perfunctory manner, "and will
continue to be a nuisance so long as the law permits the
depositing of manure into receptacles* and the removal of
the same through the public streets in the day time. The
removal should be effected under the same restrictions as
fish offal. In three yards there are housed 1,500 horses."
(j) That the past year has been one of very hard work, for
which the present system of giving work to unskilled men is
to a large extent responsible, owing to the constant necessity
of supervising their work. He goes on to say that "although
some of the builders, and many of the men, are fairly well
educated in their work the majority are still in a state of
ignorance as to the practice and principles of plumbing and
sanitation, in consequence of which my work is considerably
increased."
District 3.—Inspector Ward in his instructive report states:—
(a) That he hus made 519 inspections and 3,458 re-inspections,
paid 13 visits to slaughter-houses, 34 visits to stables and
j'ards, and made 48 calls under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts, or altogether a total of 4,072 calls,
*By this he means that the manure should be loaded into properly constructed vans
as soon as removed from the stalls. In this way the terrible nuisance created by the
turning over of docaying manure would be avoided.—A.E.H.