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FOOD INSPECTION,
INCLUDING MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
It is the duty of each sanitary inspector, whilst on his
district, to be on the outlook for unsound food, but in addition
to this two of the inspectors specially inspect the food exposed
for sale in the market places and make regular inspections of
the slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Their is no public abattoir in the Borough.
The number of carcases condemned on account of tuberculosis
was four.
On 65 occasions during the year unsound food was surrendered
compared with 107 in 1920. Included in the food
surrendered were 1 ton 8 cwt. 3 qrs. of fish, 3 tons 2 cwt. 3 qrs.
of dried figs, 15 cwt. 20 lbs. of jam pulp, 2 cwt. 11 lbs. of
bacon, 301 tins of fruit and other food stuff, 111 lbs. of pork,
7 cwt. 3 qrs. 16 lbs. of mutton, 114 lbs. of rabbits and smaller
quantities of butter, fruit and offal. A small quantity of
bacon was seized, but the Public Health Committee, taking
into consideration the circumstances, resolved that the owner
of the bacon should be cautioned that a recurrence of an
offence of that kind would necessitate proceedings. No legal
proceedings in connection with unsound food were taken
during the year. During the year a considerable amount of
unsound food was purchased by farmers in the district for the
feeding of pigs. In these cases the Medical Officer of Health
of the district releasing the unsound food sends a notification
to the Public Health Department that he has done so, and
frequent inspections have to be made to ensure that this
unsound food is disposed of the way it was intended it should
go.