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of one cowshed at Boston Farm has been amended so as to comply
with the regulations.
In one instance milk was found stored in a building wherein a
drain inlet existed. Notice was given to the owner, who had the
gully removed. The floors and walls of another dairy have been
rendered with cement and the ventilation improved.
Proceedings were taken for carrying on the trade of a Dairyman
and Purveyor of milk without being registered; the defendant was
fined 20s. and costs (vide Table ia).
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
The premises whereon offensive trades are carried on have been
regularly inspected and kept, as far as the nature of the business
will allow, in a clean manner.
It was discovered that the business of a rag, bone and skin
merchant had been established in Boar's Head Yard without the
consent of the Local Authority. The occupier was warned that he
had committed an offence under the Public Health Act and requested
to discontinue the business. The warning given did not have the
desired effect. Proceedings were taken, and the defendant was fined
20s. and costs (vide Table ia).
Notice of appeal was given but afterwards withdrawn.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
There are eight slaughter-houses in the district, three of which
are subject to annual renewal.
Two licenses have been granted during the year, one for
premises formerly licensed in the Ham and the other for premises at
rear of the High Street. They have been periodically inspected and
the bye-laws enforced. At the request of a local butcher I examined
the carcase of a pig which had been slaughtered the previous night.
The condition of the carcase was such as to suggest Swine Fever.
The matter was reported to the Inspector of Police (as Inspector
under the Contagious Diseases Animals Act), who communicated
with the Board of Agriculture.
After an examination had been made by the Board's Veterinary
Surgeons the carcase was destroyed by burning at the Destructor
and the interior of the slaughter-house cleansed and disinfected.
In October I discovered that the slaughtering of pigs, &c., was
being carried on in a shed at the rear of Walnut Tree Road. As
the premises referred to had not been registered or licensed by the
Council I warned the occupier that he had committed an offence