View report page

22
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
During the year the Council issued the undermentioned
licences authorising the sale of graded milk within the
District:—
Certified 4
Grade "A" Pasteurised 1
Pasteurised 1
SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND MEAT AND FOOD
INSPECTION.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, came
into force on the 1st April, 1925, and provides, inter alia,
for notice to be given by the butcher of any animals he proposes
to slaughter for human food.
There is one slaughterhouse in the District, which is
licensed annually. The slaughterhouse was visited frequently
during the year, and no infringements of the Byelaws
or Regulations were observed. The Byelaw making
compulsory the stunning of animals by means of a
mechanically-operated instrument is in force in the District.
The number of visits paid to the slaughterhouse and
other premises for the purpose of inspecting the meat and
other foods deposited thereon was 311.
The undermentioned food was found to be unfit for
human consumption, and was destroyed:—
Pork 391bs. (Tuberculosis).
Offal 141bs. (Tuberculosis).
Total 531bs.
The number of slaughterhouses at various times were :
In January, In December,
In 1920. 1925 1925.
Registered — — —
Licensed 111
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 9 bakehouses in use in the District, one being
underground. Fifty-six visits were paid to these premises
during the year, and the under-mentioned conditions were
discovered and remedied:—
Lime-washing required 2
Defective condition of premises 1