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These premises have been closely inspected on 283 occasions
and 28 defects which were found were remedied.
(iv) Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
(a) Slaughtering-.
In accordance with the provisions of this Act and by reason
of the adoption by the Council of Section 2 of the Act, all
beasts, sheep and lambs slaughtered in the District have been
killed with a mechanically operated instrument. All pigs have
been similarly killed.
(b) Slaughtermen.
In accordance with the requirements of the Slaughter of
Animals Act, 1933, five licences were issued to slaughtermen
during the year.
(v) Milk and Dairies.
There are 33 dairies and cowsheds in the District. These
premises have been given special attention and 152 visits were
made. 22 defects were found, which were remedied.

(vi) Bakehouses.
There are 14 factory bakehouses and 5 workshop bakehouses
in the District, to which 37 visits were made. 37 defects were
found, 32 of which were remedied during the year.
(vii) Fish Frying.
Fish frying is a declared Offensive Trade within the
District.
There are 12 premises in which fish frying is carried on,
and 24 inspections have been made to these premises. Nine
defects were found, all of which were remedied.
9. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
229 visits were made to the 65 factories, 34 workshops and
no workplaces in the District, details of which are incorporated
in the Annual Report of your Medical Officer of Health in the
Home Office Form.
10. Piggeries.
There are 22 piggeries in the District, to which 60 visits
were made during the year. Eight defects were found and
remedied.
11. Cesspools.
As far as is known, there are 258 cesspools draining 322
premises in the District. Owners or occupiers of premises
make private arrangements for emptying cesspools with a
Maidstone firm. The charge made is £1 for the first 1,000
gallons, and 17s. 6d. for each subsequent 1,000 gallons of
sewage emptied.
During the year the drains of two premises were connected
with the Council's sewers and the cesspools abolished. The
large majority of the cesspools drain premises not within a
reasonable distance of a sewer, and the few that drain premises
within this distance were constructed prior to the laying of the
sewer. These latter are closely watched, but nuisance therefrom
has not arisen and consequent action was unnecessary.