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the register, shops which are unsuitable for the sale of milk.
During 1908 one application was refused, and five shops were
removed from the register under the Act. In other cases the
requirements of the Health Department for securing the
purity of the milk were complied with.
14. The number of cowsheds remained as before, 17. These
were all inspected 4 times, and 12 notices were served for dirty
conditions, &c. There were no prosecutions.
Slaughterhouses.
15. There are 11 slaughterhouses on the register, 56 inspections
were made, and 4 notices served and complied with.
Nuisances.
(See Table XV.a.)
16. 399 complaints of sanitary defects were received and
investigated compared with 380, 498, and 366, in the three
preceding years.
Eighteen complaints of non-removal of dust were made and
attended to, compared with 40, 43, and 43, in the three preceding
years. Three of the dust complaints came from
Woolwich Parish, 8 from Plumstead, and 7 from Eltham.
The dust in Woolwich is collected by your Council's employees,
but that in Plumstead and Eltham by two different
contractors.
17. Drains and Water-closets. Sixteen defective combined
drains were investigated and reported on by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector, compared with 26, 25 and 29 in the three preceding
years. These drains affected 128 houses.