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Further representations were made to the company with
the result that chain grit arresters were fitted and catch pits
constructed in the boiler flues. Since the completion of this
work no further complaints have been received.
Other factory chimneys in the district have been kept
under observation from time to time and appropriate action
has been taken in several instances with respect to nuisance
arising from the emission of black smoke.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.
A small quantity of rag flock is used in the district. The
supply of this material is obtained from manufacturers who
guarantee that it complies with the requirements of the above
Acts.
Rag flock is not manufactured or sold in the district.
The Inspection of Meat.
The inspection of meat is mainly controlled by the provisions
of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
These regulations provide that any person intending to
slaughter an animal for human consumption must notify the
local authority three hours before the time of slaughtering.
These notices may be given at any time as the local authority
are not empowered to regulate the hours of slaughter.
No less than 447 notifications of intention to slaughter
animals were received. These notices are not infrequently
delivered later than 5.0 p.m., and as there are no fixed times
for slaughtering to take place it is a somewhat onerous duty
to provide for the necessary inspection to be made on all
occasions.
A large proportion of meat inspection in the slaughterhouses
is carried out before or after the usual office hours
and on Sundays, and, with few exceptions, the carcases and
organs of all animals slaughtered in the district have been
inspected.
Seven certificates were issued to butchers at their request
certifying that certain meat had been inspected and found
to be unfit for the food of man and destroyed.
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