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large proportion of the pigs are killed at one particular slaughter
house, and appear to be mostly disposed of through the
Central Meat Market, London.
SCHOOL INSPECTION.
The sanitary conveniences of the elementary schools are
inspected at monthly intervals, and the drains tested once
annually. The former were kept in a very satisfactory condition,
and, as a result of the alterations and improvements in
previous years, no defects were found in the drainage.
FOOD INSPECTION.
No food was found in the year that warranted formal
seizure under the Public Health Acts, but the destruction of a
small quantity of unsound shell fish, and on another occasion,
two boxes of plaice, was secured on being voluntarily submitted
by local vendors for inspection.
Sixty-one samples of food were sent to the Public Analyst,
viz.:—Milks, 33; butter, 15; coffee and coffee mixtures, 5;
sausages, 2 ; miscellaneous, 6.
There were no prosecutions, as no certificates of adulteration
were given, but 11 of the milk samples were reported to be
either slightly watered, or below the limit for fat or non-fatty
solids.
One of the County Inspectors also takes samples in the
district, in addition to the 61 already mentioned.
Milk samples are usually taken from the churns on arriving
by rail from other districts or from the hand cans of milkmen,
when serving their customers on their rounds.