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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK SUPPLY.
There are 85 dairies and milkshops on the register.
There are at present no cowsheds in the Borough and all
the milk is produced outside the district.
BAKEHOUSES.
There art 27 bakehouses in the district; of these 5 are underground
bakehouses and were occupied before the passing of the
Factory Act of1901,
SMOKE INSPECTION.
Considerable attention has again been paid to the factory
chimneys in the district and though statutory notices has to be served
in some cases, no summonses were issued. At the present time the
factory chimneys in the southern part of the district are a bigger
source of nuisance than those in the northern part of the district.
The latter are of a more recent type and in a large number electrical
power is used.
MEAT INSPECTION.
There are two slaughter-houses in the borough; in one of
these, pigs alone are slaughtered, and in the other no pigs are
slaughtered.
It has been usual in the past to supply a full list of the
unsound food condemned, and the following tables are inserted
so that the conditions can be compared with former years.
It is well known that a large part of the carcases slaughtered
in this district is made into sausages, and when we consider how
easy it is to convert inferior and diseased meat into sausages the
importance of a rigid method of inspection is very obvious.
The large firm which manufactures sausages in this district
has to satisfy some of its largest customers that the inspection not
only of the carcases but of the manufacture of the sausages is satisfactory.
It has a large export trade and most of the countries to which
the sausages and canned meats are exported are strict in their requirements
as to inspection. Most of the South American States
for instance refuse to allow importation of food unless a certificate