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Offensive Trades.
There is no alteration under this heading. The
offensive trade carried on is in respect of fish-frying
only, twelve shops, and from which there has been nocomplaint.
Lime-washing, and other matters, have
been attended to when required without service of
notice.
With regard to fish offal, nearly the whole of this
is removed daily by contract. Special galvanised iron
tins are supplied by the contractor to the fishmonger,
a clean tin being left each morning.
Manufacture of Ice-cream.
The conditions under which this commodity was
prepared were found to be well maintained. At the
premises of one confectioner's, where ice-cream is
made and sold in the shop during the summer months,
it was found necessary to reconstruct the drains in conjunction
with other sanitary improvements.
The street barrows from which this article was
sold were also visited, and the water used for washing
the glasses was occasionally requested to be changed.
Slaughter-houses and Food Inspections.
Of the thirty-seven butcher's shops in the Borough
five have private slaughter-houses attached. These,
as in previous years, have been kept under observation,
frequent visits were paid while slaughtering was
in progress, and in connection with the slaughtering
of cattle and pigs no case of tuberculosis was detected.
During the year I frequently received an intimation
from the butchers that slaughtering would be carried
out at a certain time, and would like the carcases inspected
before being removed to the shop.