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of detecting any infringement of the regulations in respect of means
of storage, prevention of contamination, and registration In two
instances there was cause to make complaint of dirty utensils, and
in two cases the measures were found to be old and worn out,
Intimations were served and new ones supplied.
No. of milk vendors, 34.
Do. do. discontinued selling milk. 11.
Do. do. changeS ownership, 9.
Workshops and Workplaces.
1 have, by your instructions, called at the workshops and workplaces
in the district where male labour only is employed, and
obtained the number of workmen employed, and, where nuisances
were found to exist, Notices! were served and the nuisances abated.
Smoke Nuisances.
During the past year considerably less complaints were received
in the district, particularly from Orchard Place, where most of the
shafts are situated, which have been under careful observation, and
when dense black smoke has been emitted from shafts and chimneys,
Intimations and Notices have been served and the nuisances
abated. More often than not the fault has been through bad
stoking.
Coffee Houses. Restaurants, Private Hotels, Sausage Makers,
and Fried Fish Shops.
During the past year, special supervision has been given to these
premises, all of which have been inspected with regard to their
sanitary condition, water supply, and cleanliness of cooking utensils.
The food has also been inspected. The premises generally were
found to be in a very unsatisfactory condition, particularly the
coffee houses, particulars of which were duly reported to the Public
Health Committee, in each case Notices were served and the
nuisances abated.
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