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Meat inspection
A report on meat inspection in the following form is included in
the report to comply with the provisions of Ministry of Health circular
2/50:—

Slaughtermen's licences
The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933 provides that no animal shall
be slaughtered or stunned in a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard by any
person who is not the holder of a licence granted by a local authority.
5 such licences were granted during the year.
Basement bakehouses
Notices were served in October, 1948 on the owners of two
basement bakehouses informing them that the certificates of suitability
required by section 54 of the Factories Act, 1937 would cease to have
effect after July 31, 1949.
One of these basement bakehouses was closed during the year
and replaced by a newly constructed bakehouse above ground level,
and the other basement bakehouse was closed.
At the end of the year there were six basement bakehouses
remaining in the borough.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941
The names of 20 persons were entered on the Council's list of
persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the poisons list
and the names of 165 persons previously registered were retained on the
register.
136 separate visits were paid by the food inspectors in connection
with the granting and renewal of these licences.