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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
There are 14 private slaughter-houses in your district.
All of them have been frequently inspected, and improvements
have in some instances been effected during the year, under
the advice and supervision of the Public Health Department.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND
MILKSHOPS.
18 applications (ll from purveyors, and 7 from dairymen)
were received during the year for registration under the
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1885.
There are at present upon the Register 9 Cowkeepers,
34 Dairymen, and 147 Purveyors of Milk.
COWSHEDS, COWS, ETC.
The cowsheds in your district are maintained, on the
whole, in a satisfactory condition.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
The Middlesex County Council is the authority
responsible for the administration of the Food and Drugs
Act in Tottenham. The County Food Inspectors took in
the Tottenham area 721 samples during 1913, in connection
with which 32 prosecutions were instituted, and 32 convictions
obtained.