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21
Heifers 152
Calves 299
Swine 1,468
Sheep 4,918
Lambs 1,874
Total 9,175
Number, or parts, found to be diseased 760
Weight of do 8,440½ lbs.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES ACT, 1954.
This Act came into force on the 5th July, 1954, to make local
Authorities responsible, for the time being, for securing that adequate
slaughterhouse facilities are available locally; to explain and
amend the law with respect to the provision by local Authorities
of public slaughterhouses, the making of charges in respect of such
slaughterhouses and the grant and renewal of licences under Section
57 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938; to make further provision with
respect to the regulation and restriction of private slaughterhouses
and the payment of compensation where a licence or registration in
respect of such a slaughterhouse was refused or ceased to be in force.
There are no public slaughterhouses in the District and of the
privately owned slaughterhouse premises used many years ago for
slaughtering, applications were received for only two such premises
to be re-licensed. The owner of the smaller of the two premises did
not proceed with his intention to re¬open, but the owners of the
other slaughterhouse carried out extensive repairs and alterations,
and slaughtering of animals takes place every day, including
Sundays and the Council's Sanitary Inspectors have to spend a
considerable amount of their time, both during the days, evenings
and weekends, in visiting the slaughterhouse and examining the
carcases.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938
Number and Classes of Food Premises registered under Section
14 of Food and Drugs Act, 1938, number of dairies registered under
the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, and number of inspections
made in regard thereto.