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SUMMARY OF WORK CARRIED OUT BY
SANITARY INSPECTORS.
Number of premises inspected on complaint 285
Number of premises inspected re Infectious
Disease 64
Number of premises under periodical inspections
29
Total number of Inspections and Re-inspections
1351
Cautionary Notices given 341
Statutory Orders issued 2
Unsound Food dealt with:—
Beef and Bacon i92lbs.
Fish 378 „
Fruit 148 „
The meat was disposed of to Messrs. Hornet,
Foster and Co., Fat Melters, and the other unsound
food burnt in the destructor at the Sewage Disposal
Works.
Bakehouses, Slaughter-houses, Cowsheds, Dairies,
and Milkshops were inspected quarterly with the Medical
Officer of Health, and from time to time otherwise
Further details of the Sanitary Work carried out
during the year will be found in the Tabular Statements
at the end of the report.
DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
This is collected weekly and conveyed to the garbage
destructor at the Sewage Disposal Works. About
one half of this, principally organic refuse, is destroyed
in the destructor, and the remainder is tipped on ground
at the works.
COWSHEDS, DAIRIES, MILKSHOPS,
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AND BAKEHOUSES.
There are two sets of Cowsheds, 5 Dairies, and
Milkshops, 3 Slaughter-houses, and 6 Bakehouses m
the district. These have been inspected quarterly by
the Medical Officer of Health, in conjunction with the
Sanitary Inspector, and reports made upon the conditions
found on inspection. No serious defects were