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Meat.
There are no public abattoirs in the District. Quite a large
quantity of meat slaughtered at the Caledonian Market is brought
into the District.

Mr. Fred Wilson and Mr. T. M. Boswell, Assistant Sanitary
Inspectors, who both hold the Certificate of the Royal Sanitary
Institute as Inspectors of Meat and Foods, visit the slaughterhouses
at very frequent intervals, and as will be seen by a reference
to the Sanitary Inspector's Report, they paid 577 such visits during
the year, when they examined 1,321 carcases, and secured the
surrender of 17 parcels of diseased organs.
The sanitary condition of the slaughterhouses is, on the whole
satisfactory, and every endeavour is made to examine all meat
killed before it is offered for sale.
BAKEHOUSES.
The 55 bakehouses in the District, of which 37 are in use, have
been regularly inspected, and all are kept in a satisfactory condition.
OTHER FOODS.
The butchers' shops, eating houses, fish shops, etc., are also
frequently inspected, and care taken to see that every place where
cooked meats and other foods are prepared, with their utensils, are
kept clean and in good order.
The deaths for the last five years will be found in Table I.
Table II. shows the cases of infectious disease notified during
the year.
Table III. gives the various causes of death at all ages, and
Table IV. those under one year.