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SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
No animals were slaughtered within the Borough during the
year.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933
One licence to act as slaughterman was granted in 1955.
BAKEHOUSES
There are seventeen bakehouses in the Borough, all of which
are provided with mechanical power. The standard of cleanliness
and the sanitary conditions in the majority of cases were found
to be satisfactory. Thirty five primary visits of Inspection
made during the year resulted in seven infringements being
discovered and rectified.
SHOPS ACT
Four hundred and ninety-one visits were made to various
premises under the Shops Act and revealed that the arrangements
made for the health and comfort of the shop workers were in the
majority of cases satisfactory.
SCHOOLS
The sanitary conditions and the water supply to the Schools
in the area are generally satisfactory.
HAIRDRESSERS' AND BARBERS' PREMISES
The sixty-six establishments in the Borough were inspected
during the year, The general standard prevailing is good, as
instanced by the discovery of only eight minor infringements of
the Hairdressers and Barbers Byelaws 1947.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT
Three hundred and fifty six visits were made to food premises
under this Act. The infringements discovered were principally
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.
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