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Destruction of Unsound Foods.
Since barging away has been,discontinued, this is a matter
becoming more and more difficult and costly, the destructor being
in reality more used as a Power Generating Station than destructor,
and as a result, only the combustible portions of condemned goods
are accepted there and that in many cases only after considerable
labour has been expended and costs incurred in the preparation of it.
The tip used by the Council is out of the district, and is not
under the Council's control. It is further, prohibitive for the
reception of food stuffs both from the point of view of distance and
cost.
Inspections.
In Table XII. of Appendix will be found particulars of the
general sanitary work by the District Inspectors during 1914, and
in Table IX. the number of premises on the Registers to which
special attention has been paid.
The house-to-house inspections number 5,336. This is 1,066
above the total for the previous year, and is an average of 667
per Inspector, against 534 in 1913.
4,949 intimation notices were served, compared with 4,829
and 1,302 statutories, against 1,273 in the previous year.
The following table shows the work done by the District
Inspectors during the year:—