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(b) Bakehouses.
There are 20 bakehouses in the district, which have
been inspected regularly once a month. No report of
uncleanliness or other defects has been made in the last
six months of the year.
(c) Dairies, Cowsheds, &c.
There are 57 registered dairies, cowsheds, &c., in the
district, distributed as follows:—
Addington 3
Beddington 3
Coulsdon 15
Merton 9
Mitcham 10
Morden 1
Sanderstead 4
Wallington 11
Woodmansterne 1
Total 7
Seven of these have been registered during the past
year. All have been visited regularly by the Inspectors,
and some of them I have also inspected. In nine cases
defects have been reported and remedied.
(d) Offensive Trades.
Three trades of this character are carried on in the
district. The trade of gut-scraping is carried on in
Mitcham and in Merton, and that of horse-slaughtering
in Mitcham. The premises, where these trades are
carried on, have been frequently inspected. In the case
of the gut-scraping business, carried on in Mitcham, legal
proceedings were taken against the proprietor for causing
a nuisance, and a conviction was obtained. Since then
the nuisance has been very largely abated, and no complaints
have been received.