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addition to these, the Food Inspector, who devotes the greater part of
his time to the administration of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, is
charged equally with the other Inspectors with the duty of safeguarding
the sale of food in market streets and other premises where
dietary articles are exposed for sale.
Inspection of Bakehouses and Fishshops is also
carried out by the Inspectors, particular attention being directed to
the regular removal of offal and trade refuse, which in all cases
(except that of greengrocers) is carried out by private contractors.
In the appendix to this report will be found a list of unsound food
stuffs seized as unfit and unwholesome at its time of exposure for sale
or condemned without formal seizure under Section 117, Public
Health Act, 1875.
During the year 1909 legal proceedings were instituted in two
cases under the above section. In the first case the defendant was
charged with exposing for sale in his shop some unsound oranges, and
was fined £2. In the second case the defendant, a butcher was convicted
of depositing for the purpose of preparation for sale two pieces
of bacon and one brawn at his shop in Victoria Dock Road, and was
fined .£10.
Slaughter-houses.—There are now upon the Register 16
old registered slaughter-houses and one registered knacker's yard,
together with 15 annually licensed slaughter-houses and one annually
licensed knacker's yard. Owing to the proximity to the London
market the amount of slaughtering carried out locally forms a small
percentage of the meat sold, but the infrequency of use and scattered
location of the private slaughter-houses render efficient inspection
extremely difficult and very unsatisfactory.
During the year 1909 (1) an application for the erection of a
new slaughter-house was received from Mr. W. G. Streeton, of