View report page

SLAUGHTERING
No animals were slaughtered during the year in the one
licenced slaughterhouse in the district.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT 1933
One licence to act as slaughterman was granted in 1954.
BAKEHOUSES
There are eighteen bakehouses in the Borough, of which
seventeen are provided with mechanical power. The standard of
cleanliness and the sanitary conditions in the majority of cases
were found to be satisfactory. Thirty two primary visits of
inspection during the year resulted in six infringements being
discovered and rectified.
SHOPS ACT
Four hundred and sixty five visits were made to various
premises under the Shops Act and revealed that satisfactory
arrangements for the health and comfort of the shop workers
were made with few exceptions.
SCHOOLS
The sanitary conditions and the water supply to the Schools
in the area are generally satisfactory.
HAIRDRESSERS' AND BARBERS' PREMISES
The sixty four establishments in the Borough were inspected
during the year. The general standard prevailing is good, as
revealed by the discovery of only eight minor infringements of
the Hairdressers and Barbers Byelaws 1947.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT
Two hundred and forty six visits were made to food premises
under this Act. The infringements discovered were mainly in
connection with the marking of imported apples, tomatoes, and
Imported dead poultry.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
The intention of the Act is to secure the use of clean
filling materials in upholstered articles, and other articles
which are stuffed or lined.
26