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attended for any length of time showed a marked improvement in
health.
FOOD.
The quality of the meat inspected at the Meat Distributing
Depot has generally been of good standard, only 428 lbs. having
been condemned during the year as compared with 1074 lbs. in 1942
and 4514 lbs. in 1941.
The amount of tinned and miscellaneous foods inspected and
condemned has again increased, 3238 tins etc. and 9451 lbs. having
been dealt with as unfit for human consumption. A considerable
amount was salvaged and used for animal feeding purposes.
No food was damaged by enemy action during the year.
The occupiers of the four private slaughterhouses in the
Borough applied for, and were granted, licences and the premises
were used only for occasional slaughtering on licence granted by
the Ministry of Food.
Thirteen samples of designated milks were taken during the
year and generally found to be satisfactory. A number of
complaints were received regarding the bad keeping quality of milk
apparently due to the difficulty and delay in transport before
reaching the dairies, and the length of time bottles were exposed
on vehicles after leaving the bottling establishments and before
being delivered to the customers, there being only one delivery
each day.
WATER.
Samples of water have been taken from time to time and all
have been entirely satisfactory.
HOUSING.
Toward the tend of the year, the position with regard to
labour and material was considerably better and a general