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All milk-dealers should be licensed from year to year, and unless the
conditions of the business are satisfactory the licence should be revoked.
Unless this method becomes law, we cannot expect to make much progress.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
There has been a considerable decrease in the Rag and Bone and Skin
dealers during the year. We are needing Bye-laws urgently to deal with these
trades.
It was necessary to prosecute in two cases ; both were convicted, one was
fined 5/- and the other 25/-.
I am pleased to say that no nuisance has been observed from the fried
fish shop which the Council gave permission to be established.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND FOOD INSPECTION.
During the year one slaughterhouse has been done away with, leaving
only five on the register, four of these being licensed annually, and having been
registered a great number of years. The periodical limewashing has been
carried out. An improvement has been effected in one case by providing an
improved cold store.
335 inspections have been carried out and the following number of
carcases have been examined either during, or shortly after slaughter:—
oxen 146, cows 23, heifers 25, sheep or lambs 284, pigs 755, calves 254, and
one bull, making a total of 1488,
During the year the following were examined, surrendered and destroyed : —
January—1 case of rabbits, 1 tin of corned beef, 1 case of rabbits (68 lbs.),
30 rabbits, 24 rabbits.
February—1 pig's head (28 lb.) 1 pig's head (10 lb.).
March—14 lbs. cheese, 1 trunk of herrings.
April—28 lbs. veal and a quantity of tomatoes.
May—1 carcase of cow-beef (n cwt. 3 qr. 14 lb ), 1 box of apples.
June—1 tin of corned beef, 20 cwts. currants, 64 tins of milk, 6 tins of
corned beef, 2 trunks of haddocks, 1 trunk of skate, 2 boxes of peaches.
July—1 box of herrings, 12 tins of condensed milk, 38 lbs. cheese.
August—6 stone of hake, 40 lb. skate, 84 lb. conger, 96 lb. hake.
September—30 imported wild rabbits, tons potatoes, 12 wild rabbits,
13 rabbits, 15 tins condensed milk, 1 tin of beef