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given stating the fixed times on fixed days when slaughtering
is regularly carried out. If the time of slaughter falls
between 7 p.m. on one day and 7 a.m. on the next day the
removal of the carcase must not take place before 7 a.m.
The Local Authority are not empowered to regulate the
hours of slaughter and some traders find it convenient to
carry out a large proportion of their slaughtering during the
late afternoon and at night and quite frequently during the
week-end. This has necessitated a large amount of inspection
outside the usual office hours.
The total number of visits paid to the eight slaughterhouses
in the district was 1617.
The number of carcases inspected after slaughter during
the year is as follows:—Bovines, 600; Calves, 140; Swine,
3.593; Sheep, 8,737.
The following is a list of the diseased or unsound meat
which was detected by your inspectors and subsequently
destroyed:—
Tuberculosis.
Bovines.—
Carcases and Offal 4
Heads and Tongues 27
Sets of Lungs 25
Livers 7
Mesenteries 19
Skirts 3
Swine.—
Carcases and Offal 22
Side of Pork 1
Heads 163
Plucks 26
Mesenteries 164
Spleens 31
Sets of Lungs 7
Livers 1
Stomachs 2
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