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Fried Fish and Fish Curing Premises.
At the end of 1918 there were 49 fried fish vendors' premises in the borough,
at 2 of Which fish curing was also carried on. There were 14 fish curers'
premises, including these two. 107 visits were made by the food inspectors
to these premises during the year.
A large number of these premises are cot in compliance with the by-laws
as regards the structure of their premises and apparatus, but as practically
all of thein have been in use for some years they are exempt from the
operations of the by-laws in this respect.
Other Food Premises.
The number of inspections made of butchers' and fishmongers' shops, premises
where prepared meats (such as sausages, pies, tripe, cooked meat, &c.)
are made, marketing places, &c., will be found in table 6 on page 71.
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are referred to under the heading of
Workshops (see pages 70 and 73.)
Slaughter-Houses.
There were 10 licensed slaughter-houses in the borough at the end of 1918.
153 visits to slaughter-houses were made by the food inspectors during the
year.
The Rag Flock Act, 1911
No samples were taken under this Act during 1918.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
In this section reference is made to sanitary work carried out during the
year by the staff. Some of this is mentioned in the foregoing parts of the
report.
Total Inspections.
Altogether 53,346 inspections, including 8,465 Food Control inspections,
were made during 1918 by the staff of Inspectors. These consisted of
33,595 inspections, including 8,352 Food Control inspections and 19,751 reinspections,
including 113 Food Control re-inspections.
Of these inspections 27,069 were made by the District Inspectors, 2,937 by
the Factories and Workshops Inspector, 7,358 by the Inspectors of Food and
Food-places, and 15,982 by the Women Inspectors and Visitors.
The inspections actually made by each individual Inspector are shown in
table 8 on page 74.
The work of the District Inspectors, Factories and Workshops Inspector,
Women Inspectors, and Food Inspectors is set out in detail in tables 5 1o 8 on
pages 70 to 74.
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The work of the paid workers at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres
is set out on pages 2l and 22.