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During the early part of the year the inspection of premises of fried fish
vendors and fish curers was carried out as before by the district inspectors;
but from 5th October this work was transferred to th 3 inspectors of food and
foodplaces, who already had to visit the premises for the purpose of food
inspection. A careful initial inspection of these places was made by the food
inspectors with a view of finding to what extent they complied with the new
by-laws.
On May 12th, 1914, a circular letter was sent to all fish curers and vendors
of fried fish in the borough enclosing a copy of the appropriate set of by-laws.
At the end of the year there were 81 fried fish vendors' premises in the
borough, at four of which fish curing was also carried on. There were 16
fish curers premises, including these four.
A large number of these premises are not in compliance with the by-laws
as regards the structure of their premises and apparatus, but as practically
all of them have been in use for some years they are exempt from the
operations of the by-laws in this respect.
Other Food Premises
The number of inspections made of butchers' and fishmongers' shops, premises
where prepared meats (such as sausages, pies, tripe, cooked meat, &c.)
are made, marketing places, premises where fish is fried or cured, &c., will be
found in table 10 on page 132.
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are referred to under the heading of
Workshops (see pages 92-95.)
Slaughter-Houses.
There were 13 licensed slaughter-houses in the borough at the end of 1914.
440 visits to slaughter-houses were made by the food inspectors during the
year.
The Rag Flock Act, 1911.
No samples were taken under this Act during 1914.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
In this section reference is made to sanitary work carried out during the
year by the staff. Some of this is mentioned in the foregoing parts of the
report.
Total Inspections.
Altogether 59,106 inspections were made during 1914 bv the staff of
Inspectors. These consisted of 27,690 inspections and 31,416 re-inspections
(generally after the s rvice of intimation notices).
Of these inspections, 46,233 were made by the District Inspectors (including
the male Workshop Inspector for the last three months of the year), 7,590 by
the Inspectors of Food and Food-places, and 5,283 by the Women Inspectors.
The inspections actually made by each individual Inspector are shown in
table 11 on page 134.
The work of the District Inspectors and Women Inspectors is set out in
detail in tables 8 and 9 on pages 128-131, and that of the Food Inspectors in
table 10 on pages 132 and 133.