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At the end of 1919 there were 160 families in receipt of milk through the Council's
scheme. 1908 new families were added to the list of recipients during 1920, and at the end of
1920 there were 729 families in receipt of milk. As will be seen from the table above, there
were supplied in 1920, 215,535 pints of milk free and 170,967 pints at half-price, at a c st to
the Council of £5,828 18s. 2d., half of which sum is repayable by the Ministry of Health.
This figure does not include the cost of administration.
(b) OTHER FOODS.
The Food Inspectors have kept under regular inspection food exposed or deposited
for sale in slaughter-houses, shops (especially butchers', cooked meat, and fishmongers' shops),
stalls, and market places.
On one occasion during the year a seizure of unsound food was made by one the Food
Inspectors. It consisted of 3 uncooked hams in a decomposed condition. No legal action
was taken. On 99 occasions during the year unsound food has been voluntarily surrendered
by the owners to the Food Inspectors and destroyed as trade refuse.
Details in regard to the work of the Food Inspectors are shown in table No. 8, on pages
94 and 95.
Slaughter-Houses.
At the end of 1920 there were 9 licensed slaughter-houses (private) in the Borough.
They do not conform to a high state of excellence. These are kept under periodical inspection
by the Food Inspectors, who made 144 inspections in this connection in 1920.