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Food.
no doubt that this Order permitting the provision of
milk in necessitious cases has been of great benefit to
both mothers and children. Care, however, has had
to be exercised to prevent abuse for there have been
striking instances in which application has been made
for a supply of milk and wrong figures of the income
of the parents stated on the application form.
Other Foods.
There are five private slaughterhouses and no Public
Abattoir in the district. These, however, have not
been much used during the year on account of the
large amount of imported meat and on account of the
fresh meat being brought from the Smithfield market.
Most of the animals killed in the private slaughterhouses
have consisted of sheep and pigs. Arrangements
are made by which the Chief Sanitary Inspector inspects
all the animals slaughtered in the district.
Regular inspections, at least weekly, have been
made of all the butchers' shops in the district. In
many instances the vendors have notified the Inspector
of the need for inspection of meat or food which has
come into their possession. The following is a list
of the unsound foodstuffs surrendered voluntarily on
account of unfitness for human food :
Food Quantity
Meat 230 lbs.
Bacon 695 „
Carcase of Pig, etc. 136 „
Tripe (frozen) 73 „
Liver 8 „
Lard 147 „
Butter 641 „