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Food Inspection.
11. The inspection of meat and other food received the
usual attention. Inspectors Little, Tedham, and Powell, made
special inspections in rotation.
There were 2 seizures and 77 surrenders. The seizures
were four pieces of beef, weighing 59 lbs., on October 1st, at
the Workhouse, and one piece weighing 7 lbs. These were
condemned by a magistrate and destroyed.
Of the surrenders, 3 were tuberculous, 41 unsound, and 21
livers or other organs affected with parasitic disease.
The meat affected with tuberculosis was pork in all cases.
The food surrendered as unsound consisted of meat, fish,
and tomatoes. A full list is given in Table XIX.
A special report on the existing provisions against the sale
of unsound and diseased meat was presented and printed in
your Council's Minutes of 25th January, 1906.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
12. On January 1st, 1908, there were 143 milkshops on the
Register; 31 were added and 40 removed during the year,
leaving 134 on the Register at the close of 1908. There were
308 inspections made.
Owing to the steps taken by the Health Department,
requiring persons not to sell milk in unsuitable general shops,
the number of milkshops has been reduced from 196 to 134 in
four years.
13. Under the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1908, the
Council has power to refuse to register, and to remove from