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late evening call at his particular slaughter-house, yet it
created work in another direction by the special need for
inspection of any meat he brought into the town. I am
glad to be able to say that, since the removal of this particular
dealer, the work of meat inspection in the slaughterhouses
has been rendered far more pleasant so far as relations
with the trade are concerned. It is only fair to say
that the trade as a whole do not wish to be associated with
t,he type of dealer 1 have referred to, and his removal was
not regretted by anyone. Had this removal not occurred,
the number of animals killed last year would have been very
much higher.
The work of inspection is not confined to the examination
of animals slaughtered in the Borough. All and every
kind of food premises, such as restaurants, sausagemaking
rooms, ice-cream premises, etc., etc., are visited.
The total visits to premises having relation to the food
supply during 1930 was 2,337.
The table on the following page shows the number of
notices of slaughter received, the various animals killed,
percentage examined, etc., and gives some idea of the
amount of time devoted to this work.