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Butchers' Shops.
There are 73 butchers' shops in the Borough, and in addition a
number of shops where cooked meats are sold. All these shops are
systematically inspected, 1,379 visits having been made during the year.
In general, the shops are well conducted, and no formal action was
found necessary.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
A complaint was made by certain local residents that a man in
charge of a van delivering meat to a butcher's shop had been seen
to throw the meat from the van on to the pavement and thence drag
it into the shop. Proceedings under Article 21 (2) of the Regulations
were taken against him. The case was strongly defended, and the
evidence of the persons who made the complaint, and who were the
only witnesses available to the Council, proved so unreliable under
cross-examination that the Court dismissed the case.
No other offence against the Regulations was reported during
the year.
Dairies and Milkshops.
The following table gives the dairies and milkshops registered
in the Borough. and the changes during 1949:—

A total of 333 visits were made to these shops during the year.
Generally they are very well conducted. In 2 cases, however, it was
found necessary to draw the occupier's attention to minor contraventions
of the statutory requirements. These were rectified without recourse
to formal action.