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chambers. The Gas Company were communicated with, and it
was found that a collar on their main running through our sewer
manhole was broken and allowing a serious leakage to take place.
This was immediately remedied.
In High Street we were unable to find the cause of the gas
smell in the sewer, and notwithstanding the assistance of the Public
Analyst. we could not prove that it was coal gas or given off
from Petrol or Naptha. Personally, I think it was coal gas.
Board of Trade Inspector.
In April, the Board of Trade Inspector spent a week in the
district, procuring certain details with regard to the Housing Accomodation
of Artizans, and the department afforded him all the information
it could upon the matter.
Inspection of Meat and other Foods.
I have frequently inspected butchers, greengrocers, and fishmongers'
shops, and other places where food is sold or prepared, and
have to report favourably thereon.
There seems to be no diminution in Tuberculosis in the country
fed pigs. It is a noticeable fact that London fed pigs are practically
free from the disease, and, in my opinion, this is largely due to the
manner of feeding.
London fed pigs are practically fed upon the offal collected
from hotels, etc. This is thoroughly boiled and after all the fat
has been removed, the residue is given to the pigs with sometimes
an addition of meal. These animals are, therefore, fed on sterile
food. Hence the comparative immunity from the disease.
In the country, I believe, it is the practice not to boil the food
(with the exception, perhaps, of potatoes). Milk from the separator
is poured into the pigs' troughs, and as it is estimated that 30 per
cent. of all milch cows are affected with Tuberculosis, it seems to
me that drinking the milk in this state has a lot to do with the large