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Ministry of Health, periodical samples for examination bacteriologically
are taken by the Local Authority for that District,
sampling by the Local Authority by whom the supplementary
licences are granted not being required.
Adulteration.-Seventy-four samples of milk were taken by the
County Inspector under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and
two of these samples were found to be adulterated. Proceedings
were not taken in respect of any of the adulterated samples.
Meat.
Inspection of Meat.—There is only one licensed slaughter-house
in the District. Inspection of meat at the slaughter-house has
been carried out by the Sanitary Inspector, who is a Certified
Inspector of Meat, on every occasion of slaughtering. In accordance
with the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924. 68 notices of
intention to slaughter were received during the year, and in consequence
the following carcases were examined: Cattle, 38; Sheep,
42; Calves, 14; Swine, 69. One carcase, that of a heifer, was.
found to be diseased with generalised tuberculosis and was
destroyed.
Inspection of Butchers' Shops.—The butchers' shops in the
District number 32; these shops, and, in addition, shops at which
bacon and ham are sold, have been frequently visited by the
Sanitary Inspector, 217 visits of inspection having been made. Tn
no instance was diseased meat found exposed for sale; and it was
not found necessary in any instance to institute proceedings under
the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, in respect of proper
cleanliness not being observed in the handling of meat.
Slaughterhouses.—There is no public slaughter house in the
area. There is one private slaughterhouse which has continued to
be licensed annually up to the present time ; this slaughterhouse has
been kept in a satisfactory condition.
Other Foods
In addition to the above-mentioned premises where meat and
milk are dealt with, other places where food is sold, stored or
prepared for sale or consumption, such as greengrocers, fishmongers,
poulterers, restaurants and eating houses, cooked provision
shops, fried-fish shops and bakehouses, have been periodically
inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors. The number of each
of these premises in the District, the visits of inspection, and the
number of defects found are given in the Table on page 22.