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1. Meat Inspection.
2. A Public Abattoir.
3. Action taken under Section 117 Public Health Act, 1875.
4. Meat condemned for tuberculosis.
5. Slaughter-houses.
1. Meat Inspection.—The Inspector of Nuisances and the
District Sanitary Inspectors hold special certificates for meat
inspection. Slaughter-houses and butchers' shops are visited
periodically, but during the year no diseased meat was seized and
only some 72 lbs. were surrendered. Reference has already been
made to the increase of work in connection with insanitary
premises, and the consequent relative neglect of other work.
There are 8 slaughter-houses and 26 butchers' shops in the
district. Each of these received on an average a little over one
visit per month ; there is therefore room for improvement.
2. Public Abattoir.—There is no public abattoir in the district,
nor are there any arrangements for meat being inspected at the
time of slaughter. Killing may take place any time. A public
abattoir is indicated together with some form of central clearing
house, wherein all meat for consumption in the district would
require to be deposited prior to distribution, and thus euable the
Inspectors to examine it as to quality and soundness.
3. Action under Section 117, Public Health Act, 1875.—None
during 1920.
4. Tubercular Meat.—There was none siezed and none
surrendered during the year.