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ICE CREAM.
At the end of 1942, 106 premises had been registered in
accordance with Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
On ten of those premises ice cream is manufactured.
The premises, together with vehicles used by purveyors,
were inspected during the season and found to be generally
well kept.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
The 54 butchers, shops within the Borough have been
inspected and observation kept upon the vehicles used for
the conveyance of meat, with the result that it has been
found that the provisions of the Public Health (Meat)
Regulations have been generally well observed. Necessary
action was taken in 8 cases where sanitary conditions were
not satisfactory, or certain contraventions of the Public
Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, existed.
At the end of 1942, 53 premises had been registered in
accordance with Section 14 of the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938.
The majority of the registered premises are concerned with
the manufacture of sausages only. Eighty-eight cases of
insanitary or defective conditions in food shops were dealt with.
There is one licensed slaughter-house in the district.
The only animals slaughtered during the year have been 56
pigs from pig clubs slaughtered under licences issued by the
Ministry of Pood.

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