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MEAT INSPECTION.
There are seven slaughterhouses in the district where animals
are killed for human food, and one knacker's yard.
Owing to the way these premises are scattered about the
Borough, the irregularity of the killing times, and the small
number of animals killed, inspection of the meat is more frequent
in the shops than in the slaughterhouses.
Two of the Sanitary Inspectors are Certified Inspectors of
Meat and other Foods, having undergone the Special Course
of instruction and examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute.
No tuberculous meat was found during the year under review.
GENEEAL SANITARY MATTERS.
OFFENSIVE TRADES. A prolonged correspondence
took place with the Local Government Board with reference
to the order proposed to be made by the Council under section
112 of the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended by section 51
of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, declaring
certain trades to be offensive trades in the Borough. It was
eventually resolved by the Council that the Declaratory Order
in the form revised and suggested by the Local Government
Board should be made, under which the following trades should
be declared offensive trades in the Borough, viz:—
Tanner, Leatherdresser, Blood-drier, Gluemaker,
Sizemaker, Gut Scraper, Fat Melter or Extractor, Shin
or Hide dealer.