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The following table show the result of these inspections:—

Procedure to enforce the execution of works found necessary
under the Housing', Town Planning' Acts has been taken under the
similar powers contained in the Public Health Acts.
Food Inspection.
One hundred and twenty-seven visits have been made to premise
upon which meat and other articles of food are prepared, stored or
exposed for sale, and the following' amount has been voluntarily
surrendered as unfit for the food of man:—
58 lbs. of Beef.
Traders hawking articles of food within the district have not
escaped supervision.
Under the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, in force
April 1st, 1925, increased inspection facilities were given and carried
out in regard to the slaughtering, storing and handling of meat intended
for sale, for human consumption.
Fifty-two visits for the inspection of carcases at the time of
slaughter have been made, and in two instances portions were found
to be diseased which were voluntarily surrended and destroyed.
Slaughter Houses.
There are four private slaughter houses within the district.
Two are registered, aand two are Licensed Slaughter Houses.
These are inspected frequently to secure the good sanitary condition
of same. Limewashing has been carried out in accordance with
the provisions of the Slaughter-house Bye-laws.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milksliops.
The register for the district contains the names of 16 Cowkeepers,
11 Dairymen, 10 Wholesale Purveyers of Milk, and 26
Retail Purveyors of Milk. Seven of the latter number reside outside
the district. During the year application for registration has