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three of the Assistant Sanitary Inspectors now possess the qualification
of Food Inspector granted by the' Royal Sanitary Institute ;
Mr. England having passed the examination during the year.
The amount and description of the unsound food condemned
and destroyed will be seen by reference to the Report of the Sanitary
Inspector. Most of this was voluntarily surrendered, the details of
that which was seized are given below.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND MEAT INSPECTION.
There are now 17 slaughterhouses in the district, one less than
last year. This one was attached to a butcher's shop in the High
Road, Leyton, and both the shop and the slaughterhouse are now
vacant. It was one of the old slaughterhouses with a license which
was issued years ago, without any restriction as to duration.
The license of a slaughterhouse being vested in the occupier
and not in the premises, the opportunity of granting an annual
license is always taken advantage of when a butcher's business
changes hands. The hold this gives us over the conduct of the
business is distinctly advantageous, and should the Council at any
time see their way to establish a Municipal Abattoir, the closing
of these private slaughterhouses would be a simple matter.
In the early part of the year a man, who on subsequent investigation
proved to. be a notorious trafficker in unsound meat of all
kinds, opened a shop in Leyton. But thanks to the vigilance of
our Inspectors his sojourn in Leyton was brief. He had been
established little more than a week when Mr. England found exposed