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At the end of 1917 there were on the register in addition to these 223 retail
milkshops and 5 cowsheds (of which 4 are attached to retail milkshops included
in the 223), 2 persons in respect of premises where only a wholesale milk trade
is done, and 3 itinerant vendors without milkshops. Three other itinerant
vendors were removed from the register during the year.
Legal Proceedings.—No prosecutions were undertaken under the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1885 and 1886 in respect of the sale of milk
by unregistered persons.
Ice-Cream Premises.
Ill visits were paid to these premises by the food inspectors during 1917.
No legal proceedings were taken in respect of the manufacture or sale of
ice cream.
Fried Fish and Fish Curing Premises.
At the end of 1917 there were 49 fried fish vendors' premises in the borough,
at 2 of which fish curing was also carried on. There were 14 fish curers'
premises, including these two. 150 visits were made by the food inspectors
to these premises during the year.
A large number of these premises are not in compliance with the by-laws
as regards the structure of their premises and apparatus, but as practically
all of them have been in use for some years they are exempt from the
operations of the by-laws in this respect.
Other Food Premises.
The number of inspections made of butchers' and fishmongers' shops, premises
where prepared meats (such as sausages, pies, tripe, cooked meat, &c.)
are made, marketing places, &c,, will be found in table 6 on page 64.
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are referred to under the heading of
Workshops (see pages -3 0-43.)
Slaughter-Houses.
There were 11 licensed slaughter-houses in the borough at the end of 1917.
163 visits to slaughter-houses were made by the food inspectors during the
year.
The Rag Flock Act, 1911.
No samples were taken under this Act during 1917.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
In this section reference is made to sanitary work carried out during the
year by the staff. Some of this is mentioned in the foregoing parts of the
report.
Total Inspections.
Altogether 46,664 inspections, including 2,081 Food Control inspections,
w re made during 1917 by the staff of Inspectors'. These consisted of