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Report of the Food Inspector for the Year 1923.
(Mr. A. ]. Bobbin).
Dairies and Milkshops.—1,746 inspections were made during
the year; 4 notices have been served for repairs and limewhiting;
71 new milksellers have been registered; 5 applications for
registration were refused by the Public Health Committee on
account of unsuitability of the premises; 3 vendors have been
warned for having unwashed measures in use.
Cow-Houses.—112 visits were made to the 9 licensed cowhouses,
and on each occasion I found the premises kept in a
satisfactory condition.
Offensive Trades.—The new by-laws for regulating the conduct
of the business of fur skin dressing came into operation
in the month of March, when there were 18 such businesses in
the Borough. At the end of the year these were reduced to 14—
4 having given up business or removed to districts outside London
wtfiere there are no restrictions. 62 inspections have been
made and some difficulty has been experienced in getting the
proprietors to comply with the requirements as to limewhiting
and the provision of refuse products of the business, and it was
necessary to report one firm for a prosecution.
Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection.—318 visits were made
to these during the usual slaughtering times, when I have
examined 103 oxen and heifers, 4 cows, 1,670 sheep and lambs,
65 pigs and 8 calves. One offence under the by-laws was reported
for which a summons was issued, resulting in the licensee
being ordered to pay 2 guineas costs. Owing to the prevalence
of Foot and Mouth disease, the movement of cattle has been
much restricted, this being the cause of a reduction in the number
of animals slaughtered in the Borough. No serious case of disease
has been met with and Tuberculosis has been entirely absent.