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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
25 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 14 inspections of these premises were made during
1935. 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 46) 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 35
inspections of these premises were made during the year. Six notices
were served for the cleansing of walls and ceilings.
Ice Cream Vendors.—At the end of the year, 35 premises were
shown in the Register as places where ice-cream is prepared or sold.
There were 36 inspections of these premises as compared with 41 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 30 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 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.
Table No. 33 (page 46) shows, for the past two years, the number of
inspections of premises where food was prepared or exposed for sale.
Unsound Food.—On one occasion during the year, unsound food was
siezed by a district Sanitary Inspector, condemned and ordered to be
destroyed by a Magistrate,