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PHARMACY & POISONS ACTS:
No. of visits made 413
FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938:
Now of visits made for inspection of food 1,236
Visits-made to shops etc. — During the year 1,634 visits were paid to
various shops, stalls, etc.
(For other visits see item re-Inspector of Meat and Other foods).
Total weight of food condemned was:-
35 tons 9 cwts. 1 qr. 7 lbs.
(See also items under Meat and Other Foods, and Shops Act, 1934)•
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911, etc:
During the year 6 visits were made to premises to ascertain if rag
flock was being sold, No Sales were being made or rag flock being used.
MEAT AND OTHER- FOODS:
Five private slaughterhouses continued to bo licensed, but owing to the
control of meat supplies by the Ministry of Food no slaughtering of animals
was carried out,
One slaughterhouse for horses for human consumption was licensed. This
was visited 47 times and 325 horses were slaughtered.
Slaughtermen's Licences:-
Licences expired at the end of this year and 16 applications for
renewal were granted for a throe-year period,
Visits and Inspections:-
During the year 861 visits were paid to various food shops, markets,
stalls, etc.
Food destroyed or otherwise disposed of so as to prevent its use for
human consumption totalled 16 tons, 3 cwts, 0 qrs. 24 lbs.
(See also item under Food & Drugs Act, 1938)•
Bye-Laws for the Protection of Food:-
Bye-Laws for this purpose were made under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, and came into force during 1937. No prosecution has been taken
during the period under review.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT - ANTHRAX ORDER, 1928:
On no occasion during the year was the above Order, relating to
animals, applied in the Borough,
OFFENSIVE TRADES:
The offensive trades operating in the Borough are three tripe dressers,
five gut scrapers and one knackers' yard. Fourteen visits were made during
the year and no breach of the Regulations was observed. Three skin dressers
were under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspector carrying out duties
under the Factories Act, 1937, but one of these was destroyed by enemy action
during the year.
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