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The action of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Company in closing and locking the gates of the
Railway Crossing giving access to the land on which these
vans are, and only allowing keys to approved persons,
has very greatly assisted the Council in this matter, and
has prevented this year the immigration of several vans
and their occupiers.
Factories, Offensive Trades.
In 1911, Section 51 of the Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1907, was adopted in the District, and
in July, 1912, the Council made an Order declaring each
of the following trades and businesses to be an Offensive
Trade, viz.:—Blood-drier, Tanner, Leather Dresser, Fat
Melter or Fat Extractor, Glue Maker, Size Maker, Gut
Scraper, Fish Frier, Manufacture of Manure from Fish,
Fish Offal, Blood or other putrescible Animal Matter, and
the Manufacture of Animal Charcoal.
The Bye-laws regulating the carrying on of these
trades were revised, and afterwards received the consent
of the Local Government Board, and these are now in
force in the District.
The trades of this description at present carried on
in the District are those of Fish Frier, Fat Melter, Fat
Extractor, and the Manufacture of Manure from Fish and
Fish Offal.
The various premises at which these trades are carried
on have been periodically inspected during the year,
and have been found satisfactory on each occasion, so
that no notices of any kind whatever have been necessary.
(7) Schools.
See annual Report of School Medical Officer.
(8) Food. (a) Milk Supply.
There are 11 cowsheds in the occupation of 5 cowkeepers,
and 23 dairymen and purveyors of milk registered
in the District. There are about 70 cows, and these
have been regularly inspected by the Veterinary Surgeon
appointed by the Council. This gentleman furnishes a
report quarterly to the Council, and during 1913 no case
of tuberculosis was found among the cows.
During the year the cowsheds, dairies and milkshops
have been regularly inspected, and have on the whole