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of houses one of these is still occupied.
A classified Table giving numbers of Inspections etc. made
during the year will be found at the end of this Report.
Common Lodging Houses.
Underground Sleeping Rooms.
There are none of these in the District.
Offensive Trades.
A Factory for re-boiling and refining soap was started at
the end of the year in Kenton Lane, Harrow Weald. The buildings
erected were temporary ones and did not comply with the Council's
Bye-laws. Proceedings were instituted against the Company, and
the Factory has since been removed.
Schools.
The Schools of the District have been visited on many occasions,
and there is nothing particular to report about them. All the
Schools are connected with the Colne Valley Water system.
FOOD.
Milk Supply.
No complaints were received during the year as to the milk
and no samples were taken. Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops
are visited twice a year. There are 27 persons or firms on the
Register, and there were three contraventions of the Bye-laws.
Number of Cowsheds 44, Inspections 87.
One unregistered person was detected in Harrow Weald. This
was at once rectified, the cowshed was properly drained and water
laid on.
There are 37 dairies, milkshops and milk stores. 73 inspections
were made and 2 contraventions found. In one case the washings
of milk churns found its way into a ditch. Arrangements were made
to filter it.
Milk & Cream Regulations.
These are carried out by the County Council.
Milk (Mothers & Children) Order 1919.
The County Council is the Authority under this Order.
Other Foods.
Meat and Fish.
There are eight licensed Slaughterhouses in the district, all
of which have been frequently visited. Since Food Control came to
an end a certain amount of slaughtering is now done in the district,
but very much less then before the War. The slaughterhouses have
been kept in a good and clean condition. There is no public
abattoir in the district.
As I have before pointed out, it is impossible for one
Sanitary Inspector to efficiently inspect the meat when the killing
may go on simultaneously in as many as eight different slaughterhouses
scattered over such a wide district.
Action was taken under Section 117 of the Public Health Act
1875 on 24i lbs of tainted bacon, which was condemned, also the
carcase of a cow and all its organs was seized and condemned.
This latter case was the subject of a prosecution, when three men
were convicted and fined for dealing with the meat in this
tuberculous condition.
Slaughter-houses Table:-
(4).
1914. January 1920. December 1920.
Registered. - - -
Licensed. 8. 8. 8.