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Each liver was slightly thawed out and 2 or 3 incisions were made into
the substance of the liver to demonstrate the presence of the parasitic
cyst which varied in size from a pea to a small orange Those livers
which were affected with the hydatis cyst were condemned.
A tabular table in regard to the examination is set out below

Bakehouses
At the end of the year there were 11 underground bakehouses in
the borough for which certificates under the Factories Acts are in
force. In addition, there were 6 other bakehouses in use. A total
of 105 visits were paid during 1957.
Registered Pood Premises
In addition to ice cream shops, the number of premises registered
under Section 16 of the Pood & Drugs Act, 1955 for the manufacture of
sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food is 73. The
various types of business carried on at these premises are as follows:-
Sausage manufacturing 32
Sausage smoking 1
Meat pickling 38
Offal cooking 5
Cooked meats and pie making 4
Ham boiling 10
Bacon curing and smoking 3
Pish curing 3
Shellfish cooking 2
Jellied eels 2
Meat extraction 1
A total of 217 visits were paid by the Inspectors during 1957
In some instances more than one type of business is carried on at
the same premises. For example, meat pickling is invariably done at
retail and wholesale butchers shops, at most of which sausages are also