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Unsound Food.
During the year frequent visits have been made
to the various shops and premises where articles of
food, meat, etc., are sold or prepared for sale.
One seizure of unsound beef was made under
Section '28 of the Public Health Acts Amendment
Act, 1890, in conjunction with Section 116 of the
Public Health Act, 1875.
A sackful of winkles and a basket of crabs were
surrendered and destroyed.
Dairies, Cow-sheds and Milk-shops.
The dairies, cow-sheds and milk-shops have
been inspected quarterly during the year, and at
irregular periods as occasion required. Generally
speaking they were found to be in accordance with
the regulations in force in the District.
There are 21 persons registered under the Act
as follows:—Cowkeepers, 1 ; cowkeepers, dairymen
and purveyors of milk, 3; purveyors of milk, 10 ;
dairymen and purveyors of milk, 6.
The average number of cows kept by the persons
registered is 234, all of which are under periodical
inspection by the Council's Veterinary Inspector.
No cow was found to be infected with tubercular
disease of the udder, but in some of the sheds
cows were found to be in a very dirty condition,
their quarters being plastered with dung and no
attempt being made to groom them.
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