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hundred and fourteen visits of inspection were paid to these during the
year. There were on an average 116 cows in the district, and these
were examined quarterly by the Council's Veterinary Inspector and
reported to be in healthy condition.
Inspection of Meat and other Foods.—Slaughterhouses
and butchers' shops were visited on 539 occasions. The amount of
diseased and unsound meat voluntarily surrendered was 884lbs;
unsound fish, 143lbs.; unsound fruits, 43cwts. ; unsound oats, 61bs and
unsound milk, 3 gallons. Nine chicken carcases, 49 herrings and 2
bushels of unsound fruit were seized.
Proceedings were instituted in reference to seizures of unsound
poultry, fish and fruit, and convictions were obtained in all three
instances
Owing to the shortage of supplies there was less local slaughtering
towards the end of the year, and for the same reason there was little
likelihood of butchers keeping meat long enough for it to become
unsound.
Horseflesh is sold now at five shops in the town.
Pig Keeping.—To encourage food production, licences have
been granted in 11 cases to keep pigs under conditions which do not
comply with the bye-laws, and approximately 62 pigs were thus kept.
Closer supervision is obviously necessary under these conditions. On
account of the difficulty of obtaining foodstuffs the number of pigs kept
by what may be termed the regular pig keepers is considerably less than
in normal times.
Factories and Workshops.—As far as possible, these have
been kept under observation, and several nuisances and cases of
deficient water closet accommodation have been dealt with. In one
instance, smoke observations were taken over a prolonged period in
reference to a factory chimney from which black smoke was emitted.
Proceedings were taken, and a fine of £5 and £10 10s. costs was
inflicted.
Housing.—The deficiency of houses of all classes mentioned in
the last report has been even more pronounced during the year under