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it necessary to serve 4 notices for repairs, which notices were
immediately complied with. On 13th September the Public Health
Committee made their annual visit to the cowhouses in the Borough.
These were found in the main to be in a satisfactory condition.
The paving was found to be defective in two cases; cleansing was
required in four others. In another case fowls were being kept in
a cowhouse. These matters were remedied on service of a notice.
(b) Dairies and Milkshops.—During the same period 13 milk
premises were removed from the Register and 13 new milk premises
added, thus making the total on the Register at the end of last
year 315. The proprietors of milk premises were changed in 49
instances.
Inspector Bobbitt reports that he made 1,890 visits of inspection
to these premises during the year. He served 10 notices for cleansing
and repairs, which were immediately complied with.
Offensive Trades.—The only offensive trade premises in the
Borough, viz., that of tripe boiler, was visited by Inspector Bobbitt
11 times. He reports that on these occasions he always found
the premises in a satisfactory condition.
Slaughterhouses.—The number of licensed slaughterhouses in
the Borough at the end of 1913 was 20. One had been removed
from the Register during the year. Inspector Bobbitt reports that
he made 354 visits of inspection to these during that period and
always found them in a satisfactory condition. During his visits
to the slaughterhouses, which were always made on slaughtering
days, the Inspector examined the carcases and organs of 166 oxen,
2,134 sheep and lambs, 6 calves and 35 pigs, and found the
following parts and organs diseased, viz.:—
1 carcase of ox with all organs affected with Tuberculosis.
Forequarters, heart, head and liver of ox affected with
Tuberculosis.
8 ox and 7 sheep livers affected with Distomatosis.
3 ox livers affected with Abscess.
8 sheep plucks affected with Parasitic Cysts.