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During the year several names were received of persons doing
home work at Southall for employers in London, and the premises
have been inspected and registered.
Slaughter Houses.
I have inspected all the premises used as Slaughter Houses in
the District. Speaking generally, their condition was found to be as
satisfactory as could be expected, considering that with one exception
they are all premises which have been adapted to their present use.
The Butchers' Shops have also been periodically visited by the
Inspector, with a view to seeing that adequate means were taken for
storing and disposing of refuse.
Offensive Trades.
No offensive trades as scheduled in the Public Health Act are
carried on in the District.
Cow Sheds, Milk Shops and Dairies.
(a) Cow Sheds—All the premises on the Register have been
inspected quarterly by the Sanitary Inspector, and once by myself
during the year. Structurally there has been great improvement in
the majority of these premises during the past few years, and several
in the District are really very excellent in this respect. It is more
particularly with regard to the regulations relating to general cleanliness
in the cattle, utensils, and persons engaged in milking, that
there is cause for complaint in some instances. I fail to see how the
regulations can be enforced without taking legal action, and I should be
reluctant ro recommend such a course at present, since the occupiers
no doubt are guided to a great extent by the conditions prevailing in
other districts. In the near future it is highly probable that uniform
regulations throughout the country as to the sanitary condition of
cow sheds, cleanliness of the cattle, of the milkers, and of all utensils
used in the process will be enforced.
No disease could be attributed as the result of milk from any
of the cowsheds in the District, and no case of infectious illness has
come under notice in any person engaged in the business of cow
keeping.
(b) Milk Shop and Dairies—All the milk shops in the District
have been frequently inspected and visited for purposes of enquiry
during the year. Generally speaking, the regulations are carried out
in a very satisfactory manner, with one exception in which all were