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SECTION V.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
The inspection and supervision of food becomes more
and more important each year, and more and more time of
the Sanitary Inspectors is being spent on this work. The
district Sanitary Inspectors know that unsound or unfit
food may be offered for sale and that premises where food
is prepared or sold may not be maintained in a hygienic
condition. For these reasons inspection of food and food
premises is carried out daily as a routine measure. All
food shops and all premises having any association with the
preparation of, or sale of, food are under constant supervision.
Three inspectors have special duties in connection with this
part of the work, devoting regular times to the supervision
of the milk supply, the examination of meat, and the sampling
of food offered for sale in the shops and markets. Although
it can be said that there is a definite improvement in the
conditions under which food is prepared, stored and offered
for sale, constant reminders are necessary to maintain the
improvement. In tabular form below, is shewn the number
of inspections made and the number of notices served. Most
of the notices dealt with want of cleanliness on the part of
traders, their employees, premises or utensils. It was found
necessary to serve 73 notices, all of which were complied with.