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was notified that he was contravening the Acts by overcrowding the cows.
After some considerable correspondence, he proposed to increase the size of the
building, but afterwards stated that he could not pay the cost of a new building.
However he turned the cows out till late in the year, and took some premises
that were originally stables. These stables are not suitable for cowsheds, being
badly lighted and ventilated, and too near dwelling houses, and his attention
was at once called to these defects, and if they are continued to be used, proceedings
will have to be taken against him.
There are 100 persons on the register who sell milk, seven were added
and 18 removed. Some have businesses of a varied nature ; in these latter
cases care is taken to see that the nature of the business does not interfere with
the sale of milk. These premises require regular inspection to see that cleanliness
is observed.
There are 32 who devote their business practically to dairy produce, eight
of which are using special steam apparatus for scalding and cleansing milk
utensils. One has provided improved plant for sterilizing and improving milk.
In one case, owing to the condition the business was carried on not being
satisfactory, the occupier erected a new brick building, with the necessary
provision for heating water for cleansing the milk utensils, repaved the whole
of the yard area and put in proper drainage. There were several contraventions
for which notices were served and the defects remedied.
There were 19 inspections made to cowsheds and 318 visits to dairies and
milkshops. Sanitary Authorities require much more stringent powers before
they can get the desired results, as only those certificated and likely to be
endorsed should be allowed to sell milk or other foods.
There were 99 inspections made to premises where ice-cream was sold,
and where defects existed steps were taken to have these remedied.
OFFENSIVE TRADES, PIG KEEPERS.
The offensive trade, that of a gut scraper, is still carried on in the district.
The premises are visited from time to time, but the work is still carried out
under conditions that are anything but satisfactory. However we have not had
complaints of any nuisance of late, but no doubt the time is not far distant
when the land laid out for buildings will be developed and then trouble will be
sure to arise. He has not availed himself of the opportunity to put up a
building on a spot farther away.