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Food supervision
Bakehouses.— At the end of 1920 there were 68 bakehouses in use—25 “level" and 43
“underground"—including 29 factory bakehouses 10 "level" and 19 "underground".
During the past year 7 "level " bakehouses went out of use and 1 was re-opened, in addition
to 3 " underground " which were re-opened. At the close of the year there were 65 bakehouses
in use—19 "level" and 46 "underground"—including 37 factories—11 "level" and 26
"undergound." The workers in the bakehouses numbered 314.
V.— FOOD SUPERVISION.
Slaughterhouses.— The number of premises licensed remains unchanged at 5, but at one
(Upper Brook Mews) the Department has no record of any slaughtering having taken place for
many months. For the quinquennium 1909-13 the annual average number of animals
slaughtered was 4,434, falling in the following quinquennium to 2,893. During the last three
years the numbers have been—1919, 4,636; 1920, 2,482; and 1921,1,743, including 6 pigs.
The killing of pigs at slaughterhouses which were not specially licensed for that purpose,
was prohibited until the last months of the war. The appended statement shows
Annual Averages. Totals.
1909-18 1914-18 1919 1920 1921
Bullocks 85 286 1,071 401 50
Calves 2 — 296 508 6
Sheep 4,347 2,607 3,222 1,545 1,681
somewhat remarkable changes in proportions of animals slaughtered locally during the last
three years.
As the inspection of slaughterhouses is almost entirely limited to visits to inspect
slaughterings, the great reduction in the amount of that work has resulted in a corresponding
reduction in the number of inspections which totalled 174 last year, as compared with 320 in
1920, and 510 in 1919.
There was an improvement in the health of the animals slaughtered last year, none being
found in a state calling for condemnation, and only five organs being destroyed, viz. 4 livers
(bullocks')—2 each on account of abscess and parasites, and one pluck on account of
tuberculosis. The diminution in the prevalence of tuberculosis among the bullocks
slaughtered is manifest from the following tabulation.

Food Shops.— At the end of the year these numbered 440, as compared with 482 in 1913,
and 389 in 1918. In the appended tabulation the numbers of the different branches of the
food trade are shown.

Among the above:
Fish Curers 6
Sausage Makers 8
Of the trades shown above, the sale of milk and of margarine are the only two subject to
registration. Last year 4 milkshops were closed, and 7 changed hands. The 96 registered
vendors comprised at the end of the year—
Dairymen, wholesale 6
„ retail 50
Grocers 23
General dealers 9
Refreshment house proprietors 8
There is also one cowshed (3 cows) within the Borough.
The inspections of the premises where milk is sold numbered 282, and of all other
premises connected with the food trade, 733. There were three cases of scarlet fever at one