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Bakehouses.
The occupied bakehouses have been regularly inspected during the
year. The bi-annual cleansing has been carried out satisfactorily and the
places kept in very good order.
Dairies, Cowsheds, Milkshops and Slaughterhouses.
These places are regularly visited during the year. All dippers and
storage vessels have been closely inspected as to cleanliness and have,
generally speaking, been kept as clean as possible.
All changes of tenancy have been dealt with and the registers
brought up to date.
Canal Boats Acts.
Canal boats that are " registered" as such under the Acts are
visited as opportunities offer.
They have been found, as regards the living quarters, in a perfectly
clean condition, and advantage has always been taken of the regulation
means of ventilation provided.
When asked for the " certificates " have been produced for inspection
and compared with the number of occupants, and in no case was any
overcrowding found to exist. No cases of illness have been discovered
on the boats.
Smoke Nuisances.
Complaints from the London County Council (which have been
exceptionally few this year) have been attended to, and also my own
observations of shafts. No legal proceedings were necessary, all
" notices," whether verbal or " statutory," have been attended to.
Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907.
During the year samples of various kinds have been purchased for
analysis, also many have been procured on delivery and at the workhouse
in the district.
In no case this year has it been necessary (for the first time in eleven
years) to institute legal proceedings for adulteration, although some have
had a large proportion of preservative in them, principally the samples of
butter.