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left at all riverside premises and factories throughout my district by your
direction.
Premises where Food Stuffs were Sold or Prepared for Sale.
Periodical inspections were made of the following premises:—
Bakehouses, 7.
Slaughterhouses, 1.
Tripe dressers and sausage makers, 11.
Dairies and milk shops, 21.
Ice cream vendors, 22.
Coffee shops and dining rooms, 33.
Fish shops, 12.
In all cases where cleansing, limewashing, or other works of sanitary
improvements were necessary the matter was brought to the notice of
the occupiers by written intimation, which in every case was complied
with. The regularity of the periodical inspection of these premises has
impressed upon the occupiers the necessity of cleanliness and limewashing,
etc., of kitchens and places where food is prepared or stored.
This was proved by the amount of work already completed or in progress
(without notice) at the time of my visits.
Riverside Wharves and Food Preserving Factories.
Frequent visits were made to the undermentioned wharves and
factories and records were kept of all unsound foodstuffs and methods
of destruction.
Maconochie's Wharf and Food Preserving Factory, West Ferry Road.
The total amount of food stuffs rejected as unsound by this firm
and destroyed in the furnaces on the premises at the time of my visits
during the past year was 1,699 tins, varying in weight from ¼lb. to 14lb.,
and consisting of meat, fish, poultry, fruit, and vegetables.
In response to notice from the Port Sanitary Authority in February
last that 63 cases of damaged oranges were consigned to the above
factory, I awaited the delivery and the goods were sorted by the firm
immediately on arrival, with the result that 7½ cwt. were found to be
unsound and were destroyed.