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Number of Inspections, etc.
made.
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
Meat—Inspections made
556
1513
1790
1820
1985
Slaughter-houses — Inspections
and visits made
204
1131
1106
1400
1463
The majority of butchers has loyally fallen into line with regard
to giving notice of slaughtering, but in 65 instances no notice
or insufficient notice of slaughtering was given, a large number of
which could have been avoided with a little forethought. Further
progress has been made in some cases with regard to the provision
of fixed windows to butchers shops.
There are in all 42 Butchers shops in the district. Up to the
present, 25 have been provided with fixed windows, of which number
4 were new shops in 1928, 1 is provided with one fixed window and
one window made to open, 2 have one fixed window and two windows
made to open, and the remainder have windows made to open.
It is very remarkable how certain of what one may call better class
butchers are reluctant to depart from ancient methods of display,
despite the fact that it is admitted on all hands that the display
made by the shops with the fixed windows is far more attractive in
every way than the meat exposed in the open windows, apart altogether
from the question of hygiene.
INSPECTION OF OTHER FOODS.
Section 72 of the Public Health Act, 1925, provides, in some
measure, for the prevention of contamination of foodstuffs, (other
than meat), when stored or kept on enclosed premises; but there
appear to be no provisions made for dealing with the contamination
of foodstuffs deposited for sale, in an open manner, on forecourts to