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Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection.—512 visits were made to
these, when I examined the carcases and organs of 3,980 sheep, 375
pigs, 9 sows, 51 calves, and 197 oxen and heifers. The following I
found diseased and had destroyed:—
Head, heart and lungs of an ox affected with Tuberculosis
Heart and lungs of an ox do.
Two pig's heads do.
Carcase of a sheep and all the organs in a dying condition when bled.
Ribs and plucks of two pigs affected with Pleurisy
Plucks and parts of two sows—Inflammation due to Premature
Parturition.
Parts of 12 oxen affected with extensive bruising.
19 ox livers affected with Distomatosis.
31 sheep livers do.
Five sheep's lungs and four livers affected with Parasitic Cysts.
Five ox livers affected with Multiple Abscess.
Wholesale Meat. Factories.—Thirty-six visits were made to these,
when I found the premises clean and the meat sound and free from
disease.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Fifty-four samples were purchased
for analysis.
Miscellaneous Inspections and Unsound Food.—427 visits and
inspections were made on complaint and in connection with the sale
of food. The market thoroughfares have been frequently visited and
the goods on the street traders' stalls inspected. Observation has
been kept on the butchers' shops and stalls for the labelling of imported
meat, and two summonses have been heard resulting in a fine
of £3 for not labelling imported meat, and 10s. for failing to have the
name and address of the proprietor painted on the stall. Two similar
summonses are pending. The following foodstuffs have been condemned
and destroyed:—
2 boxes of dog fish 119 tins of fruit, fish and milk
1 barrel of crabs 480 tins of sausages
2 trunks of plaice 6912 packets of soup
2 trunks of haddock 1100 packets of cheese
120 rabbits 18 tins of corned beef
42 meat pies Quantity of bacon.
Total weight of all foodstuffs condemned: —
Meat and Bacon 10 cwts., 3 qrs., 14 lbs.
Fish 4 cwt., 2 qrs.
Tinned Goods and
Provisions 8 cwts., 3 qrs., 23 lbs.