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Sanitary Administration.
BUTCHERS, FISHMONGERS, COOKED MEAT
AND PROVISION SHOPS.
These premises are kept under constant supervision, the result
being when any of these tradesmen receive a consignment of goods,
and he has a doubt as to the same being fit for food, he invariably
calls on the Inspector to decide. The following are results: Food
surrendered and disposed of during 1919 as follows:—Beel, 131
stone; Heart, Liver, Spleen, &c., 59 lbs. ; Mutton, 4 stone ; Apples,
1A bushels; Rabbits, 2 dozen ; Eggs, 10 dozen ; Potatoes, 12 cwt.:
Pork, 8 stone; and 2 boxes of Kippers. There is one licensed
Slaughter House in the District, which is kept scrupulously clean.
THE RATCATCHER
Employed by the Council has accounted for 3,500 rats during the
months of June to December. They appear to be prevalent all over
the District. The banks of the river harbour a large quantity, and
they have found foodstuffs in the various Allotments. The brown
rat is the sp'ecies frequenting the District, and the fact of its
harbouring fleas, which are the actual propagators of plague, makes
it an actual danger.
Continual complaints of a Smoke Nuisance from a Factory in
St. Leonards Road were received during the past year. The
chimney has now been heightened by 9 feet, and there has been no
further complaint.