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have been duly inspected. This marking of carcases would have
the effect of removing the onus of responsibility for disease from
the butcher to the Inspector; the butcher's responsibility will
apparently be limited to maintaining the carcase in a condition fit
for human consumption.
The Regulations also contain provisions for the protection of
meat against contamination by dirt, either in the handling, storing,
transport, or sale of the meat. The exposure or offering of meat
for sale from any stall is only permitted on conditions that the stall
is suitably covered over and screened at the sides and back, that
everything reasonable is done to guard against the contamination
by flies, that no meat may be placed within 18 inches of the ground,
that cleanliness is maintained with reference to counters, slabs,
knives, trimmings, and refuse material. Even more stringent
conditions are imposed with reference to the exposure for sale or the
preparation for sale of meat in shops and rooms in occupation.
To admit of the necessary arrangements being made by Local
Authorities and the trade, it is provided that the Regulations shall
not come into operation until April 1st, 1925.
Doubtless, the proper enforcement of these Regulations will go
a long way towards securing a much overdue improvement in the
general conditions under which meat is dealt with before it reaches
the public ; and there is ample scope for similar Regulations dealing
with the sale of other articles of food.
KITCHENS OF RESTAURANTS, KITCHENS AND EATING
HOUSES.
There are 15 of these premises in the Borough. The results
of the inspections, both of the food and the kitchens, have been
satisfactory.
HOUSING.
No material industrial development of Stoke Newington is
likely, and the demand for houses will continue to come from those
who are industrially employed elsewhere. But there is an urgent