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BUTCHERS' GREENGROCERS', AND FISHMONGERS'
SHOPS, STALLS, &c.
In connection with the inspection of the above, 745 visits have
been paid to shops and premises in the Borough.
In addition, a large number of Fruit, Fish, and Vegetable Stalls
have been inspected.
In every instance the food offered for sale on the stalls and
barrows of itinerant vendors proved to be satisfactory.
The following is a list of the food seized or surrendered during the
year:—
qrs. lbs.
Beef 26
Mutton 9
Pork 25
Fruit 3 14
Total 5 18
also 7 tins of Condensed Milk, 2 tins of Salmon, and 2 of Rabbit.
A record is kept of all inspections.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
A Register is kept of all factory chimneys in the Borough which
have been seen to emit black smoke, or regarding which complaints
of a nuisance have been made.
These are watched from time to time, and a record made of the
result of observations. On several occasions during the year it has
been necessary to caution offenders.