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offensive odours arising from the removal of fish offal, and during the
year nine persons were prosecuted for conveying offensive matter
through the district during prohibited hours.
Slaughter-houses.—There are now upon the Register 16 old
registered slaughter - houses aud one registered knacker's yard,
together with 16 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-house render efficient inspection
extremely difficult and unsatisfactory. I dealt with the possibilities
in this connection very fully in my report for 1910.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Although each Inspector
of Nuisances is required by the terms of his appointment to take
samples if necessary under the above Acts, a special Inspector is
appointed ad hoc to devote the greater part of his time to carrying out
the duties imposed by their provisions on the Council.
Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and the Public Health
(Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, 1,267 samples were purchased
for analysis, and 86 were returned by the Public Analyst as
adulterated, the number of samples taken being at the rate of 4.2
per 1,000 of the estimated population. In London the samples taken
during the year 1913 were at the rate of 5.6 per 1,000, and in the
rest of England at the rate of 2.6 per 1,000. I applied for
summonses in 49 cases, at the hearing of which fines and costs
amounting to £71 1s. were imposed. The particulars of these
will be found in the appendix.