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Slaughter-houses.
There are now no slaughter-houses in the Borough.
Ice-cream Premises.
There were 126 premises where ice cream is manufactured on the
Register at the end of 1923. 10 were added and 11 removed during
the year under report, making a total of 125 ; 125 inspections were
made.
Street Markets.
The total amount of unsound food collected from the Street
Markets during 1924 was 58 tons 8 cwt. This arrangement has
proved most satisfactory and will be reported again in next year's
report.
FOOD AND DRUGS.
In Table IX of Appendix will be found a list of the samples
taken in 1924, and the action taken ; 1,330 samples were taken,
compared with 1,200 in 1923, and 1,202 in 1922. Of these 2.2 per
cent. were found adulterated, compared with 3.3 per cent. in the
previous year, and 2.9 per cent. in 1922.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
Inspections.
In Tables F and G (pages 30 and 32) will be found particulars
of the general sanitary work by the District Inspectors during 1924.
The house-to-house inspections numbered 4,049. This is 270
below the total for the previous year.
5,095 intimation notices were served, compared with 5,221 in
the previous year.
Smoke Nuisances.
32 observations were kept on chimneys and 1 notice served.