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dilapidated conditions of roofs, windows, staircases, fireplaces, and
walls and ceilings.
Food Inspection.—Each of the 12 Inspectors is required to
inspect the food shops and slaughter-houses in his district. In
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.
In the appendix to this report will be found a list of unsound
food seized as unfit and unwholesome at its time of exposure for sale,
or condemned without formal seizure under Section 117 Public Health
Act, 1875.
Legal proceedings were instituted during the year in three cases
under the above section, and the particulars of these will also be
found in the list of Prosecutions in the Appendix.
The "American Gooseberry Mildew (Fruit) Order, 1912," issued
that year by the Board of Agriculture with the object of detecting
the disease of sphaerotheca mors-uvce which particularly affects that
fruit, continued to have the attention of the Inspectors.
Inspection of Bakehouses and Fishshops.—This is
also carried out by the Inspectors, particular attention being directed
to the regular removal of offal and trade refuse, which is carried out
by private contractors.
In connection with nuisances arising from the fishmongers' trade,
complaints continue to be received in the summer months of the