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Contraventions.
Cases of contraventions of the Milk and Dairies
Order, 1926, were reported as follows:—
Offence. Action taken.
(1) Unsealing bottles of milk in the
street Warning given.
(2) Dirt sediment in bottles of milk Ditto.
(3) Bottle of milk containing larvae of
a dipterous fly, and dirt contaminated
Ditto.
Meat and Other Foods.
Meat.
There are five licenced and five registered slaughterhouses
in the Borough. Regular visits are made to
these slaughterhouses. Four thousand seven hundred
and nine animals were known to have been slaughtered,
and 4,654 were examined by the sanitary inspectors after
slaughter. Therefore, 98 percent. of carcases were seen;
this represents a very high figure, necessitating a very
large amount of work being carried out at night and on
Sundays.
In addition to carcases examined in butchers' shops,
the inspectors also examined on the request of local
butchers 518 carcases coming from outside the district.
There is complete co-operation between the local
butchers and the Department, and there have been
numerous instances where this co-operation has been
helpful to butchers, consumers and to the Public Health
staff.