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Restaurants, Hotels and Canteens.
Ninety visits were made to these premises during the year. In
five cases defects requiring the attention of the owner were dealt with
by informal action.
Butchers' Shops.
One hundred and thirty-four detailed inspections were made of the
forty-nine retail butchers' shops in the area.
The butchers work in close collaboration with the Public Health
Department, and during the year called upon the services of the District
Inspectors in connection with carcase meat suspected of being
unsound, as a result of which 1,498 lbs. of meat were condemned as
being unfit for human consumption. In no case was there any evidence
of unsound meat being exposed for sale.
Bakehouses.
Twenty-six inspections were made of the twelve premises during
the year, and in four cases defects were found which required the
attention of the department.
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926.
Nineteen visits were paid to premises during the year in connection
with this Act. No contraventions were detected.
Game Act, 1831.
Five licences were renewed during the year.