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The highest bacteriological counts were obtained, as
might be expected, from samples obtained from retailers
who sell milk chiefly from churns and hand-cans. This
method of retailing milk is discouraged as far as possible.
(b) Meat and Other Foods.
The number of animals slaughtered in the Borough
during 1932 was 10,181, showing a slight increase of 552
over the number for 1931. This is definitely only a temporary
increase, and it will be seen at the end of the present
year that the number will be much lower.

The Meat Regulations, 1924, require notice of intended
slaughter of animals to be sent to the Meat Inspector, and
for carcases and organs to be retained for a prescribed
period of hours in order to enable an examination of the
meat to be made.
The proper use of these Regulations has permitted
accurate data regarding meat inspection work to be collected.
Other food premises, such as restaurant and hotel
kitchens, sausage and cooked food rooms, ice cream
premises, bakehouses, are all visited from time to time and
at irregular periods. The total visits to food premises during
1932 was 2,100.
During the year an attempt was made to inaugurate a
scheme for the daily collection of waste bones and fats from
butchers' shops in a similar manner to that which had been
arranged for fish offal (see page 33). Unfortunately, the
attempt did not prove successful, but further enquiries will
be made at the first favourable opportunity.