View report page

91
In another case an animal, which appeared to he in excellent condition,
was found on slaughter to be far advanced in tuberculosis,
and was cremated in the Council's Destructor. The following is a
list of articles found to be unsound and destroyed.
5 carcasses of beef (tuberculosis)
1 hind-quarter of beef ,,
1 cwt. (ribs and flank) of beef „
1 hind-quarter of beef ,,
581b. of beef (various) (part tuberculosis)
2 ox lungs (tuberculosis)
1 cow's udder ,,
2 kidneys and suet, beef ,,
10 beef livers (1 tuberculosis—9 with flakes)
28 sheeps'plucks, 8 pigs' plucks, 2 breasts of mutton,
101b. of sausages.
Eighty-nine butchers' shops in the district have been frequently
inspected, and small quantities of meat, mostly stale, have been
withdrawn from sale and destroyed.
In January, after somewhat lengthened observation of a suspected
premises, a seizure was made of about one cwt. of tuberculous beef,
the owner being subsequently convicted of exposing the meat for
sale and fined £20, and ordered to pay costs. The shop was closed
soon afterwards.
In January, a number of sheep were found in a small enclosure at
rear of a private house. Observation was kept, and on the following
Sunday I visited premises occupied by a butcher in the neighbourhood
and found several newly killed sheep hanging in the shop, and
others in course of slaughter in the yard at the rear. Proceedings
were subsequently taken against the butcher for slaughtering on
unlicensed premises, and he was ordered to pay a fine of 40s. and
costs.
In addition to the inspection of the meat, the premises have also
been supervised and the following matters attended to :—
Slaughter-houses—
Special cleansing 7
Paving of floors, &c. 1
New offal tins provided 4