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The difficulties in securing a reasonably prompt abatement of
the nuisances intimated to the owners or occupiers of houses, even
when these have been followed by Final Notices, have led to great
delays, for which we receive many complaints.
FOOD INSPECTION.
The slaughter-houses (3), bake-houses (27), and dairies (68),
situated in the Borough, were all inspected during the year.
During the year many systematic efforts were made to detect
the sale of diseased meat within the Borough, and I am glad to
say that, with few exceptions, our inspections have not called
for any seizures. Two tons and twelve hundredweight of unsound
food was voluntarily surrendered during the year. Premises where
food is prepared and stored have been kept under supervision.
The Dairies have been systematically inspected during the year.
The milk supply of Stoke Newington is good on the whole and
is improving year by year. Some of it is excellent; and residents
can obtain from local dairymen special "Graded" milk, such as
"Certified Milk" and "Pasteurised Milk," in bottles.
No cows are now kept in the Borough.
During the year the Public Health Meat Regulations, 1924,
were issued. These are designed to secure more adequate inspection
of animals slaughtered in this country and improvements in the
handling, transport and distribution of meat. The more noteworthy
provisions of the Regulations are the requirement of Notices
of Slaughtering and of evidence of disease to be given to the appropriate
officer of the Local Authority. When an animal is slaughtered
for sale for human consumption notice must be given to the Local
Authority and the carcase must be retained for a few hours to give
the Inspector an opportunity of inspecting it. This is a very
important provision for preventing traffic in diseased meat, inasmuch
as inspection can only be satisfactorily carried out at the time
of slaughter, when all the organs are available for examination.
The Minister of Health is empowered to authorise the Local Authority
to adopt a distinctive mark for placing on sound carcases which