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Outworkers.
The premises where male outworkers live and work have been
inspected, and notices to cleanse the premises have been served where
required.
Riverside Wharves where Food is Stored, etc.
There is only one wharf in my district, viz., Concordia Wharf, Cold
Harbour (Ramornie Meat Co.), where food (all tinned) is landed, some
of which is warehoused for other firms; the other, which is all examined
by the consignee is for sale for both home consumption and export. A
large amount goes into the Mercantile Service, all of which is examined
and labelled by the Board of Trade officials before being taken away. The
following number of tinned foods (as set out below) on examination were
found by the consignee to be blown or otherwise damaged and consequently
condemned by the consignee as unfit for human food; the condemned
food was set apart by the consignee in a building adjoining the
premises for the purpose of being sent to a fat boiler to be rendered
down for the fat, proper precautions being taken to prevent the condemned
food being used for any other purpose.
189 61bs. beef, 325 21bs. beef, 15 1lb. beef, 711 61bs. mutton,
17 41bs. mutton, 439 21bs. mutton, 81 21bs. soup, 13 21bs. tongue,
166 1lb. tongue, 31 l½lbs. chicken, 381 lib. salmon, 4 1lb. sausage,
8 1lb. ham, chicken and tongue, 310 tins of fruit—making a total of
2,690 tins.
The "Regulations under the Public Health (Regulations as to Food)
Act, 1907," give more power to inspect food imported into this country,
and will facilitate a more rigid examination, also supervision of the disposal
of unsound food.
Public Schools.
I have, as specially instructed, inspected the Public Schools in my
district, particularly in respect to the water supplies and sanitary
conveniences. The water supply for drinking purposes at each school
was found to be drawn from the rising main, and the storage cisterns