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Clean Food Exhibition.
As foreshadowed in the Annual Report for 1950, a Clean
Food Exhibition was held in January, 1951. Full information
regarding this exhibition is contained in a report which was
submitted to the Council in March, 1951, and is reproduced as an
Appendix to this Report.
Slaughterhouses.
There is only one licensed slaughterhouse in the Borough. Its
use ceased about the middle of 1950 and had not been resumed
at the end of 1951.
Butchers' Shops.
There are 74 butchers' shops in the Borough, and in addition a
number of shops where cooked meats are sold. All these shops are
systematically inspected, 936 visits having been made during the
year. In general, the shops are well conducted, and no formal action
was found necessary.
Three shops where horseflesh is sold for human food are
included in the above figure.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
No offence against the Regulations was reported during the year.

(b) Milkshops, where milk is sold only in sealed containers,
and only the occupier is registered:—
On register at Ist January ... ... ... 83
Added during year, by transfer from (a) above 3
„ „ „ by new registrations ... 9
95
Removed during year 1
On register at 31st December 94