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(2.) Qualitative—
B. Coli Not found in 100 c. c.
Streptocci „ „ 30 „
B. Enteritidis Sporogenes „ „ 100 „
These results show the sample to be of satisfactory
bacterial purity.
ICE CREAM SHOPS.
There are 22 ice cream premises in the district, most of
which are also sweet shops. Inspections were made during
the Summer, and all the establishments were found in a
satisfactory condition.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
There are four registered and two licensed slaughterhouses
in the district. Inspections as usual have been carried
out when slaughtering is in progress.
The butchers afford every assistance to the Inspector in
this work; one tubercular pig was surrendered.
Mr. Kramm, your Inspector, holds the certificate of the
Royal Sanitary Institute for Inspectors of Meat and other
Foods.
TOWN PLANNING.
The Council awaits permission from the Local Government
Board to prepare a Town Planning Scheme.
HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION.
Sixty-seven houses in West Street and Crown Street were
inspected under Section 17 of the Housing and Town Planning
&c. Act, 1909.
The principal sanitary defects found were dampness, due
to absencejof damp proof courses; defective roofs and gutters;
unpaved yards; and absence of portable sanitary dustbins.
Four houses unfit for human habitation were voluntarily
closed by the owner; but at the end of the year work necessary
to render them habitable was proceeding satisfactorily.
The owner of Nos. 2, 3, and 3a, Waldrons Yard has
given an undertaking to close these houses.