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In connection with the above-mentioned articles it is the
practice in cases where the retail vendor has unknowingly purchased
articles which are unfit for human food and where he has
made no attempt to sell them to grant a certificate which enables
him to claim the return of his money . During 1911, 33 certificates
were granted in respect of the articles shown in the tables.
During 1911, one seizure of unsound meat was made from a
butcher's shop situate in the Borough. On Sunday morning,
May 28th, a quantity of unsound meat which was exposed for sale
on the premises of a butcher, was seized by Inspector Chuter. Some
difficulty was experienced by the Inspector in removing the meat
owing to the threatening attitude of the proprietor and of his
wife. The meat seized consisted of beef and mutton weighing about
381bs. and was subsequently condemned by the Magistrate and
ordered to be destroyed.
Proceedings were instituted by the Council against the proprietor,
but before the case came on for hearing he left the premises
and up to the present has not been traced.
During 1911, the carcases of 1,897 pigs slaughtered at one
slaughterhouse, were inspected by the Council's Meat Inspector.
Of this number seven whole carcases and the heads of 79 pigs, which
showed slight evidence of incipient tuberculosis in the neck (pharyngeal)
glands were surrendered and destroyed under the supervision
of the Council's Officers.
The duty of inspecting this large number of carcases has taken
up a good deal of the Food Inspector's time, on Sundays as well as