[Report 1927] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1927
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    32/104 (page 28)
    Tliere is not in any district of the Coainty o piublic labattoir. In severnl of the districts tlie Medical Officers of Health have recommended tO' their Councils the desirability of providing abattoirs, ui'.der the direct control of the Councils. Many of the private slaughterhouses now in use are unsuitable for the purpose for which they are intended. Regarding meat shops, stalls, vehicles and places where food is prepared, gieater attention is now' being paid, and the requirements of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations have, as far as possible, been put in operation in most of the districts. SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. At the meeting of the Works and General Purposes Committee, held on the 13th July, 1920, it wasi decided] that the County Medical Officer should exercise general supervision over the action to be taken in pursuance of the Acts and Regu- lations under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and that he, the County Analyst, and, if necessary, the Clerk, should confer as to the details necessary to secure observance of the Acts and Regulations. The Administrative County is divided into three districts for the purposes of these Acts, as follows:— District “ A ” under the supervision of Inspector T. H. Lewis, with an assistant, and comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Aberga^ venny and Monmouth, the Hrban Districts of Abersychan, Blaenavon, Llanfrechfa Upper, Llantarnum, Panteg, Pontypool and Usk, and the Rural Districts of Abergavenny, Monmouth and Pontypool. District “ B,” under the supervision of Inspector T. R. Davies, with two Assistants, and comprising the Urban Districts of Abercarn (paid), Abertillery, Bedwellty, Ebbw Yale, Mynyddislwyn (part), Nantyglo and Blaina, Rhymney, and Tredegar. District “ C,” under the supervision of Inspector J. R. Gamble, with Mr. H. Lanceley, an additional Inspector and an Assistant, and comprising the Urban Districts of Abercarn (part), Chepstow, Llantaamam, Mynyddislwyn (part), and Risca, and the Rural Districts of Chepstow, Magor, and St. Mellons. During the year, 986 samples were examined by the County Analyst, Mr. G. R. Thompson, F.I.C., F.C.S., details of which are given in the report following: The following schedule gives details of the samples taken for analysis and in which action was taken, arranged according to the respective districts: