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There are 83 butchers' shops in the District, to which 121
recorded visits have been paid. These and other premises within
the scope of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, have
been kept under constant observation. In the course of these
inspections several notices have been served upon occupiers, calling
their attention to breaches of the Regulations; such notices were
conformed to, and further action was found unnecessary.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933.
13 slaughter-men employed in slaughter houses within the
Borough were licensed under the above Act as fit and proper persons
to slaughter or stun animals.
OTHER FOODS.
The following foodstuffs, which were voluntarily submitted to
the Inspectors for examination, were condemned as unfit for
consumption and destroyed:—
Meat:—
2 tins and llf lbs. loose, cooked ham—unsound.
Fish:—
238 lbs. codling fillets—unsound.
39 lbs. skate—unsound.
6¾ stone cod—unsound.
Fruit:—
49 tins cherries—blown.
182 oranges—unsound.