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I shall be glad if you will arrange to have any necessary
alterations carried out and any necessary provisions made in
order to comply with the above Regulations, as soon as possible,
and not later than December 1st.
If any additional information is desired I shall be glad to
supply it, on application at the Town Hall.
I am,
Yours faithfully,
Henry Kenwood,
Medical Officer of Health.
In the earlier part of the year 75 copies of the Regulations were
left with 35 butchers and 40 bacon vendors, and cards for exhibition
in the shops, asking customers to refrain from handling the raw
meat were also supplied to the butchers. I interviewed many
butchers and useful progress has been made.
On December 2nd, 1925, the four butchers in the Borough who
are at present using slaughter houses, were informed that by instructions
of the Public Health Committee all notices of slaughtering
must reach the Public Health Department at the Town Hall not
later than 10 a.m. on the day of slaughter. As the result of these
notices it has been found possible to make a number of inspections
of animals and carcases prior to and shortly after slaughter, and in
one instance portions of the carcase of an animal were condemned and
destroyed.
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.