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devote his whole time to the supervision of cowhouses, dairies,
milkshops and slaughter-houses. The Committee made the appointment,
and the results have realised my anticipations. Mr. Bobbitt
was appointed to this work at the beginning of July. His instructions
were to inspect the cowhouses, dairies and slaughter-houses at
least once a month, and the milkshops at least once every six months.
Cowhouses.—The cowhouses in the Borough number 33. The
inspector reports that he made 124 visits to these, and found in 7
cases that repairs were needed, all of which were executed. On
four visits excessive accumulations of manure were found. These
were removed on service of notices. Want of cleanliness was
complained of on 18 occasions.
Milkshops and Dairies.—There are 340 of these in the Borough.
The inspector made to these 723 visits, and on 56 occasions he had
to complain of the want of cleanliness of the measures or utensils
used. This form of complaint is almost entirely confined to the
small milkplaces such as general dealers. In 13 instances the
paving was found defective, and three of the places required limewhiting.
These defects were remedied by service of a notice.
Legal proceedings were initiated by the Council against a milk
dealer for refusing to allow the inspector to inspect his utensils. The
milkseller was convicted of the offence and fined £2 and costs.
The Public Health Committee inspected the cowhouses and
slaughter-houses in the district. The premises were found generally
in a satisfactory condition, but in one instance no dustbin was
provided in connection with the adjoining house, in one, the premises
was dirty, and accumulations of refuse were observed in two places.
Slaughter-houses.—There are 29 licensed slaughter-houses in the
Borough of Hackney, and the number is yearly decreasing This
decrease has been going on for some years. I find on reference to my
annual report for the year 1892 that there were in that year 39
slaughter-houses in the district, so that since that date, although the