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During the year the undermentioned unsound or diseased food was surrendered by the
owners, either for destruction or to be dealt with as trade refuse. There were no seizures.
Unsound Food Condemned and Destroyed.
Apples, 13 barrels and 2 boxes
Apricots, 42 crates and 40 boxes
Beef, about 25 stone
Black Currants, 18 lbs.
Bream, 1 box
Cabbages, 1 truck
Catfish, 2 boxes
Cod, 1 trunk and 1 box
Condensed Milk, 15 tins
Grapes, 10 baskets
Greengages, 21 crates
Haddocks, 1 case and 4 boxes
Haddocks' Roe, 4 boxes.
Head, Bullock's, 1
„ Pig's, 1
Heart, Bullock's, 1
Livers, Bullocks', 10
Liver, Pig's, 1
„ Sheep's, 2
Lungs, Bullock's, 1 pair
Mackerel, 6
Mussels, ½ bushel and 2 bags
Pears, 17 boats and 200 lbs.
Plaice, 2 cases
Rabbits, 150
Salmon, smoked, 42 lbs.
Skate, 2 cases and 2 boxes
Sauerkraut, 1 barrel
Tomatoes, 96 boxes
Tongue, Bullock's, I
„ Sheep's, 18
Whiting, 1 trunk
"Witches, 2 boxes
Yeast, 10 .baskets
Slaughter-houses.
At the end of 1927 there were 5 licensed slaughter-houses (private) in the Borough.
Structurally they do not conform to a high standard of excellence. They are kept under
periodical inspection by the Food Inspectors, who made 132 inspections during the year.
Fried Fish and Fish Curing Premises.
In 1927 there were 78 fried fish vendors' premises in the Borough, at 4 of which fish
curing was also carried on. There were 21 fish curers' premises, including the 4 above
mentioned. 377 visits were made by the Food Inspectors to these premises during the year.
Ice-cream Premises.
328 ice-cream premises were known to the department; 290 visits were paid to them
by the Food Inspectors during the year.
Bakehouses and Restaurant Kitchens.
At the end of 1927 there were 156 bakehouses on the register, including 63 factory
bakehouses. 35 of these bakehouses were not in use. 115 of the 156 were underground
bakehouses, of which 55 were factory bakehouses, and 29 not in use.
At the end of the year 379 restaurant kitchens were on the register.
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are supervised by the Factory and Workshop
Inspector and further particulars in regard to them will be found on pages 44 and 45.