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4.- Slaughterhouses.—In April licenses were granted to E. Beeton,
19, The Green, and T. H. Chester, 3, The Green, valid for twelve months. In
May the Public Health Committee refused to renew the license of E. Knifton
of Langhedge Lane, but (strange to say!) next month it was granted for twelve
months. I must regret this remarkable change of mind. In January, 1921,
N. A. Barrett had his license at 188, Fore Street, renewed for three years;
beforetime I have vainly protested against anyone, however good, being
favoured with more than one year's license. The license is not a personal one,
but attached to the premises, where a good butcher of to-day may be supplanted
by a bad one on the morrow.
In March, 1919, my Council passed a resolution "that there should be a
public abattoir in every district, and that in every such district power should
be granted to the Local Authority to compulsorily close private slaughterhouses."
As I stated in my annual report for 1919— "I heartily endorse this
resolution and trust that the day is not far distant when there will be a public
slaughterhouse in Edmonton."
5.—Pigs. —It seems strange that no less than three Committees deal with
pigftyes, and it is my opinion that the whole subject should be dealt with by
one Committee, namely, the Public Health Committee, whether new styes or
old ones are being considered.
6. —Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.—There are only two cowkeepers
now in the district, the same as the last three years; and about 25
cows are owned by these keepers. Veterinary inspection of the cows is not
undertaken in this district, either by my Council or the County Council.
There were 61 purveyors of milk in our register at the end of the year.
7.—Unsound Food.—In January, 119 boxes of ham were surrendered,
and in the same month, 27 boxes of bacon arrived at Angel Road Station from
Southampton for Brown's fat melting factory at Chingford. In April, rotten
tomatoes were seized from a stall on the Green.
In November the Retail Butchers' Association wrote me with reference
to proper storage of meat left over nightly by stall holders and hawkers.
8.—Bakehouses.—Nothing to report thereon for this year.
9.—Offensive Trades.—In the early part of the year one person was
fined 25/- and costs for carrying on the trade of a rag dealer in Fore Street
without the permission of the Council.