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CLASS I. is designed to deal with foreign boneless meat, which is imported
in the form of scraps, trimmings, or other parts not sufficientlyidentifiable
with definite parts of a carcase, and which has not before importation
been made ready for human consumption, in the form of a sausage,
etc. Also dealing with other parts of animals not prepared before importation,
and not contained in a package, with an official certificate stating that
the meat has been certified by a competent authority in the place of origin tobe
free from disease at the time of slaughter.
CLASS II., amongst other things, deals with stopping the importation
of carcases of pigs, etc., from which the lymphatic glands about the throat
and elsewhere are absent, thereby preventing the detection of tuberculosis and
other disease in the carcase.
CLASS III. (Foreign Meat) includes meat contained in a package with
an official certificate, and this, and foreign meat unclassed, is also subject to
examination under certain conditions.
TEMPORARY HOSPITAL BUILDINGS,
CLAVE RINGS FARM.
Another year has passed and I am pleased to say this building has not
been required for the purpose for which it was intended, viz., Small - Pox.
It was suggested that these buildings could be better utilised, and as I have
previously reported, while the disinfecting apparatus adjoins the Temporary
Hospital, a resident disinfector is essential. A man should live on the spot
so as to keep a watch on such a valuable asset; but should the disinfecting
apparatus be removed to Deepham's Farm, near the present pumping station
(where steam is available night and day), no doubt a saving could be effected.
The Council have power, under the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897, toestablish
a proper station for disinfection, where tramps, etc., can be cleansed.
The time is not far distant when the Council will be in a position to usefully
discuss the advisability of establishing a disinfecting station, laundry,
baths and dressing rooms for cleansing verminous children, indeed, Section
122 of the Children Act, 1908, which comes into force on April 1st, 1909, gives
power to the Sanitary Authority and the Education Authority to enter into
an agreement for the cleansing of persons and clothing of persons infected
with vermin, and gives the Education Authority power to use such premises
and appliances for such purpose, upon payment, etc.
SANITARY CONVENIENCES.
This year records the installation of the first Convenience in the
district for the accommodation of both sexes, and, judging from the results,
especially when we consider that the portion for the males was not opened