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Six samples of graded milk were submitted for bacteriological
examination during the year.
Further reference to milk is made in the Public Analyst's Report
for the year.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.—Meat inspection is carried
out by the Sanitary Inspectors. Arrangements have been made whereby
adequate notice of the time of slaughter is obtained. During the year
16 sheep were inspected at the time of slaughter. No application
for the marking of meat under the Regulations has been received.
Instructions under the Regulations have been formulated to deal
with stalls, shops, stores and vehicles. These have been approved
by the Council, and circulated amongst traders concerned. No meat
stalls exist in the Borough at the present time.
Slaughterhouses.—There is now only one private slaughterhouse
in the Borough and 21 inspections of these premises were made during
1934. In compliance with the byelaws prescribing humane slaughtering,
approved methods of slaughter are employed at these premises. There
is no public abattoir in the Borough.
Table No. 33 (page 49) shows, in the form required by the Ministry of
Health, the number of private slaughterhouses in use in the Borough
on the dates indicated.
Bakehouses.—There are 26 bakehouses in the Borough, and 36
inspections of these premises were made during the year. Four notices
were served for the cleansing of walls and ceilings.
Ice Cream Vendors.—At the end of the year, 30 premises were
shown in the Register as places where ice-cream is prepared or sold.
There were 41 inspections of these premises as compared with 30 in the
previous year. This trade is mainly regulated under the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Acts, 1902 and 1928. It is an offence to store ice-cream in
a sleeping room or in any shed or room in which there is an inlet to a
drain. Vendors of ice-cream must notify the occurrence of infectious
disease among their employees or persons living on their premises.
The Act also provides that every itinerant vendor shall exhibit on his
barrow the name and address of the person from whom the ice-cream
has been obtained.
Fried Fish Vendors.—At the end of the year there were 14 premises
in which the frying of fish was carried on and 31 inspections of these
premises were made. It is found that a reasonable standard of cleanliness
is now being maintained, but it is necessary for the Inspectors to maintain
a constant vigilance to impress upon the vendors the necessity for the
systematic observance of cleanliness.
Inspection of Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered
for Sale.—The Inspectors keep under frequent observation all other
premises where food is prepared for or exposed for sale. Included in this
category are restaurants and premises used by provision dealers, butchers,
fishmongers and greengrocers for the purposes of their trades.