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for human food should be carried out under adequate
inspection, which is only possible in a Central
Abattoir, and I can but express a hope that future
legislation will arrange for the abolition of the private
slaughter houses.
Bakehouses.
There are 16 registered in the District. The
powers conferred upon Local Authorities by the provisions
of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
enabled them to improve the sanitary conditions of
bakehouses generally, and a great amount of work
has been done to premises of this character, since the
year 1901. In the course of my visits of inspection,
I have been struck with the general improvement as
regards their sanitary condition. A difficulty that
has to be contended with, is the loading of the bakehouses
with sacks of flour; this is a most undesirable
practice, which has a tendency to restrict the cubic
area of the bakehouse, and the dust and dirt from the
sacks causes a very undesirable admixture in the
bread with which it is baked.
Cowsheds.
There are two in the parish at the present, which
are satisfactory as regards cleanliness and ventilation.
Mortuary.
This has been much improved by a supply of hot
water, a necessity which your Council readily
recognised.
Disinfection of Houses.
I have made inspection of a number of dwelling
houses, which were in such a filthy or unwholesome