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Table 2. —Showing Inspection of Premises engaged in selling or manufacturing Foodstuffs during the Year ended 31st December, 1939.

T. R. Ritchie, Director, Division of Public Hygiene.

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(Not inclusive of Inspections performed by Officers Employed by Local Authorities.) Inspections. Health District. N '™ ber ? f T dumber of l remises inspected auQ j 1 p remlse3 Instances Goods engaged in where Defects were "seized" manufacturing occurred. or "destroyed." Foodstuffs. North Auckland .. .. •• •• 426 97 Central Auckland .. .. • • • ■ 853 24 12 South Auckland 1,343 215 4 Thames-Tauranga .. .. • • ■ ■ 319 7 Taranaki .. .. ■ ■ • • • • 677 53 3 East Cape .. .. • • • • • • 866 230 4 Wellington - Hawke's Bay .. .. •• 2,244 393 Central Wellington .. .. • • • • 599 90 30 Nelson-Marlborough .. .. .. • • 635 113 Canterbury .. .. .. •• •• 1,017 59 .. West Coast .. .. .. . • • • 668 59 4 Otago 1,256 179 5 Southland .. .. .. •. • • 586 95 5 Totals 11,489 1,614 101