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The proprietors of the horse-slaughtering establishment
were licensed to slaughter horses before the
Authority acquired powers under sec. 169 of the Public
Health Act, but quite recently the offensive trade of
bone-boiling was established on their premises.
This was done without the consent of the Authority,
which was necessary, as the Authority possesses urban
powers for dealing with offensive trades, in the drainage
district. When this was pointed out to the proprietors
they gave an undertaking to cease carrying on the trade,
until they obtained the necessary permission of the
Authority. The matter rested there at the close of the
year.
There are no bye-laws in force dealing with offensive
trades, and I recommended to the Bye-laws Committee
that they might be introduced with advantage.
11. UNSOUND. DISEASED, UNWHOLESOME,
OR ADULTERATED FOOD.
It has been arranged that in the coming year, the
Inspectors, while always directing their attention to the
detection of unwholesome or adulterated food, shall
devote one day in every three months to each parish in
the district, to this special purpose, and to taking samples
of various articles of food, to be analysed by the County
Analyst.
In the past year no action has been found necessary
in regard to unwholesome food. Two samples of milk
have been taken, which, after analysis by the County
Analyst, were declared to be genuine.