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(b) Slaughtermen.
Three applications for licences to slaughter animals under
the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, were granted.
(vii) Milk and Dairies.
There are 24 dairies and cowsheds in the District. These
premises were given special attention, and 62 visits were
made. 10 defects were found and remedied.
(viii) Bakehouses.
There are 16 bakehouses with mechanical power and 2
bakehouses without mechanical power in the District, to
which 56 visits were made. 17 defects were found and
remedied during the year.
(ix) Fish Frying.
There are 12 premises in which fish frying is carried on,
and 30 inspections were made to these premises. 5 defects
were found and remedied.
(x) Water Supplies.

8. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
111 visits were made to 83 factories with mechanical
power, and 28 factories without mechanical power, in the
District.
9. Piggeries.
There are 18 piggeries in the District, to which 15 visits
were made during the year. One defect was found and
remedied.
10. Cesspools.
As far as is known, there are 261 cesspools draining 325
premises in the District. Owners or occupiers of premises
make private arrangements with a Maidstone firm for
emptying cesspools. The charge made is 23s. for the first
1,000 gallons, and 20s. for each subsequent 1,000 gallons
of sewage emptied.
11. Smoke.
16 inspections and observations were made in connection
with the emission of smoke from industrial premises.
12. Pickers' Huts.
There are 3 camps of pickers' huts in the District, all
of which were used during the year, and of which 29
inspections were made.
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