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5. Omission to exhibit the notice required by the
Factory Act.
Potato-mash seems to be an essential ingredient
for the manufacture of bread in this district, for I found it
in the majority of instances.
A record of the conditions fouud has been
prepared, and will be kept for future reference.
slaughter-houses.
There are 7 registered slaughter-houses in the
district, inclusive of one knacker's yard; these are with one
or two exceptions of old construction, and do not afford
adequate and suitable accommodation for the preparation
of animal carcases for human food in accordance with the
requirements of modern sanitation. They have all been
regularly inspected, and are as well kept as their construction
will admit, and their occupiers have been willing to
comply with the bye-laws and with the suggestion of the
Sanitary Authority.
One of them is licensed under the Public Health
Amendment Act, under which, renewal of the license is
required annually, an arrangement which gives the Sanitary
Authority greater powers of control.
No fresh premises have been licensed during the
year and there is no public slaughter-house.
cowsheds, dairies, and milk-shops.
The new regulations came into force this year,
but it has not yet been found practicable to effect any
alterations under them; in some instances however, more
room has been provided as the result of the distribution of
copies thereof. The various premises have been inspected
with a view to future action. There are ten registered
cowkeepers in the district, five dairymen and sellers of milk
who do not carry on other business, and 32 sellers of milk
in general shops. These latter are for the most part rather
unsatisfactory, and the conditions under which milk is
kept in these small general shops seem to me to be
favourable to its deterioration and contamination, and the
district being well patrolled by the regular milk vendors, it
does not appear to me that they are necessary to the
public convenience.
offensive trades.
None of the scheduled offensive trades are so far
as I am aware carried on in the district, but considerable
nuisanee is occasionally experienced from establishments