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their opinion prejudicial to health or a nuisance. One finds in
the majority of cases, that once convinced they are responsible
for a noise which has been complained of to the Council, offenders
are prepared to co-operate in an effort to reduce the noise,
Food inspection, and particularly meat inspection at the
Abattoir, continues to make increasing demands on the time of
the staff. Again there has been another large increase in
animals slaughtered at the Abattoir; this year 88,479 as against
67,526 last year. 100 per cent meat inspection has been maintained
but this entails much evening and weekend attendance of
the Inspectors at the Abattoir. The premises were never constructed
to take such a "throughput" of animals and it is
annually becoming more difficult to cope. The Council has decided,
in principle, to provide a new Abattoir and it is hoped
in the next year to be able to report that the difficulties
attendant upon the provision of such a building have been overcome
and that approval will be given for work to go ahead.
Again my thanks are due to the staff for their efforts
during the year and for the ready way in which they have responded
to the calls on their "own" time.