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(vi) Camping Sites.
Camping sites, or perhaps I should rather say, caravan sites,
are creating a problem of growing concern in this area, as two of
these are fairly firmly established, and one is in embryo. In two
of these cases planning consent, as well as consent from the Public
Health Committee, has been sought by the owners of the land, but
in the third case, individual consents have been requested from the
occupiers of the caravans.
At the end of the year, the Council. from the Public Health
aspect, prescribed certain conditions, but planning consent was still
awaited.
Under present-day conditions of housing, the problem is bound
to increase, but I am afraid that, even in the ideal lay-out, these
sites may become unsightly, and foster neighbourly quarrels.
3.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(i) Milk Supply.
Samples of milk have again been taken periodically throughout
the district, and, in particular, one sample is taken per supplier per
school term, for bacteriological examination, and one sample is
taken of pasteurised milk, per supplier per school year for biological
examination.
At the end of the year, sixteen persons were licensed to retail
designated milks. Of these, five were licensed to retail Tuberculin
Tested milk, fourteen were licensed to retail pasteurised milk, and
ten were licensed to retail sterilised milk.
(ii) Ice Cream.
All traders and manufacturers have to be registered. There
were, at the end of the year, 32 manufacturers and 182 vendors on
the register. Here, also, regular sampling has been carried out.
(iii) Meat.
The Sanitary Inspectors have again regularly attended at the
Regional Slaughterhouse, and, in addition, have paid the usual
visits to Meat Depots, butchers' shops, stalls, etc.
Altogether, 983 visits have been paid, and at the slaughterhouse
alone 13,162 carcases were examined. No Ante-Mortem
inspections are carried out, but all animals slaughtered are examined.
Table 12 sets out the particulars of the carcases inspected and
condemned.