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Members of the meat trade asked that to assist them in preventing contamination of meat by
handling by customers, the Council should have notices issued to the trade, asking customers to
abstain from handling meat whilst exposed for sale.
It was agreed that the object of Article 21 would be met if all meat conveyed in open baskets
on bicycles, etc., was wrapped in paper and the baskets suitably covered.
At the conclusion of the discussion, the Chairman of the Council assured the members of the
meat trade that the Council desired to interpret the Regulations in such a manner as would cause the
least possible disturbance, commensurate with the duty which had been imposed upon the Council
by the Minister of Health. The trade would find the Local Authority and its officers at all times
willing to consider any points or suggestions brought to notice regarding the administration of the
Regulations. He thanked the members of the trade for their attendance and helpful criticisms.
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman of the Conference.
A. E. DORAN,
Dated this 24th day of March, 1925. Chairman.
APPENDIX F.
For the information of the Health Committee.
MANURE HEAPS IN CONNECTION WITH MEWS AND ALLOTMENTS.
The powers of a sanitary authority in dealing with accumulations of manure in mews, stables
and other similar places are contained in sections 49, 50 and 91(4), Public Health Act, 1875.
Briefly put the sections are as follows:—
Section 49.—Where in an urban district it appears to the Sanitary Inspector that any accumulation
of manure, dung, filth, etc., ought to be removed, he shall give notice to the person to whom the
same belongs to remove the same ; and if the notice is not complied with within twenty-four hours,
the manure, dung, filth, etc., shall be vested in and sold by the urban authority. Any expenses incurred
by the authority in the removal, so far as they are not covered by the same may be recovered
from the person to whom the accumulations belong.
Section 50.—Gives the authority power to serve notices either by public announcement or
otherwise for the periodical removal of manure from mews, stables or other premises. If the person
does not remove or permits further accumulations and does not continue to remove at such intervals
as the urban authority directs, he shall be liable to a penalty of twenty shillings for each day which
such manure is permitted to accumulate.
Section 91(4).—States that for the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1875, " any accumulation
or deposit which is a nuisance or injurious to health " shall be deemed a nuisance liable to be dealt
with summarily.
This means the service of a Statutory Notice in respect of each accumulation and subsequent
legal proceedings when the nuisance has to be proved.
So far as allotments are concerned the only proviso in the Council's rules is that no manure
shall be placed on the public road within the allotment grounds. Where manure is placed in contravention
of this rule, the Council may remove the manure which then becomes the property of the
Council.
Rule 7(2) states that an allotment holder shall not cause any nuisance or annoyance to the
occupier of any other allotment.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.
APPENDIX G.
To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee.
MOTOR SERVICE.
I beg to report on the above for its eleventh complete year ending March 31st, 1925.
There are 9 motor vehicles in this department owned by the Council, 7 of which came into use
in December, 1913, 1 in April, 1924, and 1 in March, 1925, and up to the end of March, 1925, the 9
vehicles had covered a total of 636,467 miles.