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Sanitary Administration.
The surrender of the following food was secured and destroyed
at the Council's Destructor:—
4 Bovine Livers. 2 Plucks.
1 Rabbit. 1 Fowl.
Most of the butchers obtain their supplies from the Central
Market. It has, however, been found that a practice has started
of occasionally obtaining carcases, particularly pigs, killed in an
adjoining district, where they are not inspected after slaughter.
At such shops it is obvious that extra care has to be taken in
inspecting the stock. Sometimes the Assistant Inspector sees the
carcases being delivered at the shop; he is then able to make an
examination of the carcase and organs before they are cut up.
During the summer months nuisance sometimes arises through the
keeping of waste bones and fat.
If these are kept in a receptacle with a close-fittino cover,
offensive smells are given off. The better way, a practice now
generally in vogue in this district, is to keep the bones and fat in a
receptacle with a piece of canvas stretched over the top.
This prevents the entrance of flies, but allows air to circulate
in the receptacle.
Although Bye-laws are in force in this district prohibiting the
removal of offensive matter, &c., through the streets, except at
certain specified times, the practice does, however, exist of Contractors
removing trade refuse at other times than those stated in
the Bye-laws.
This is a difficult matter to deal with, because it is not an
offence to remove such offensive matter at any other times provided
the receptacle or vessel is properly constructed so as to prevent the
escape of any offensive effluvia therefrom.
While dealing with this matter of food supply, it would be
appropriate to point out to the uninitiated that, beyond fried fish