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CALLED lEETING BOA.'tD OF HE.J.TH
HELD IN OFFICE OF BOARD
j,uY 1, 1945
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Present: ljr. ,lddison Hewlett, Chairman, Dr. J. C. Wessell, Dr.
James H. Smith and Ma.vor W. Ronald Lane.
The meeting was called to consider a request from representatives
of the merchants and farmers that the Board temporarily modify
the regulations regarding the dressing of poultry by farmers at
their homes in an effort to improve the present severe shortage
of poultry.
After a brief consideration, the Board agreed to n temporary modi-
ftcation permitting the farmers to dress chickens at their homes
and sell them in Wilmington. Copy of notice to press is attached.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned.
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WILMINGTON, N. C.
lIa,y 2, 1945
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Board of Healt.h, at a oalled _tine ~ 1, h€.reed t.o \~rm1t fll.!'l1lf,lra
tomporl4l"1l.r to dreaa poult1"1 at their home. "n4 !'till \, t~ the City
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IlIa1'"lcIIt or d1rectl.1 to storeS or cuetOlll6r.. Thil !'elpellt. _~WJe up, tor
the t.1lIID being, on tho neVi reBUlat.1OM th., ,iressing I>lId handl.1ne
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de61J-e to keep r"),,/ll!.'re r# 8l.lp',lying "e)r chickens a.ll possible.
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itEr,uL.R 110NTHLY J.TI.ETING BO"RD OF HE"I,m
HELD IN OFFICE OF BOilRD
MAY 10, 1945
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Present: 14r. "dUison Hewlett, Chairman, lfuyor r.. Ronald Lane, Dr.
J. C. Tdessell and Dr. VI. Houston 1\iloore.
The minutes of the last meetinE "ere read and iipprOlTed.
The Health Officer presented the monthly reports.
The possibility of securihg the services of Dr. H. \'. Stevens as
Assistant Health Officer was discussed briefJ,y, after which it was
moved by Dr. Moore, seconded by Dr. lJlessell, that we offer Dr. Stevens
a salary of iP350.00 per month and travel allo,"aIlce of $40.00 per month.
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The Health Officer reported practic alJ,y no proETess on securinE a
laboratory technici1ill or special worker to assist IJr. Lassiter at the
water plant. The Health Officer also discussed with the Board members
the urgent need of securing the services of an rlssistant Supervisor of
Nurses.
The Health Officer asked that the Board members give thouEht to the
adoption of 1;. budget end makinE ).lrs. Vera Fowler a full time employee,
her udditional time beinE' used to assist Eiss \'loody in <iny Vlay possible
in the clinical laboratory.
The Health Officer informed the Board members of the very satisfactory
progress being made by !.lr. O. C. 1';00re in the construction of an abattoir
the plans of which h"d both State and local Health Department approval.
He asked authority and was authorized to notify the present slaut;hterers
th"t when "pproved "biittoir fiicilities were avail"ble they would be re-
quired to use such facilities or provide iipproved facilities Df their om
or discontinue slaughtering.
There being no further business, the ~etinc adjourned.
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1:EGUL,ATIOlTS OOVERNUTG THE SLAUGHT3/\l}TG, IlA11DLING, pmCESSING,
.AND SALE OF MEAT AND HEAT P1'ODUCTS SOLD IN IT~ HANO~R COUlllTY.
SECTIon 1.
It shall be unlawful for lUlY person, firm, or corporation to sell, offer for
sale, or have in possessien with intent to sell a~ meat or meat products from
cattle, swine, sheep, or other animals that can be or that are ordinarily
slaughtered in abattoirs and sold for or used as food for human consumption,
unless such meat and/or meat preducts shall have been slaughtered, handled,
and processed in an approved abattoir or processing plant, and trans!lOrted
in a manner approved by the Health Officer.
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SECTION II.
All animals and/.r parts af animals shall be properl~ identified b~ a stamp
showing that such animal, er animals, have been slaughtered, handled, and/or
processed in an approved abattoir.
Heats or meat products, such as sausage, liver pudding, chitterlings, etc.,
shall be properl~ identified by the stamp of an approve~. abattoir either on
the meat or meat products or on the package or contsiner used by the sbattoir
for paCkaging and distributing said products.
SECTIOU III.
The handling and selling of mp.at and meat products from enclosures, trucks,
wagons, or any other meanS of conveyance along the streets and highways of
the City of Wilmington and Uew Hanover County, including all incorporated
towns in New Hanover Count~, shall be pxohibited unless said enclosures,
trucks, wagons, or other means ef conve~ance conform to the laws, rules, I'nd
regulations of lTew Hanover Count~ and the State Board of Health governing the
sanitation of meat markets and abattoirs.
SECTION IV.
No thing in these regulations shall be construed to prohibi t the sale of
sroked. cured, salt and dried meats and/or meat products.
SECTIOIT V.
The inspectors, officers, or agents of the Consolidated Boare. of Health are
hereby empowered and authorized to enter any abattoir or meat market while in
operation or at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of making ~ inspection.
The same shall apply to any cart, wagon, truck, or any other means of conve~-
ance used to transport meat and/or meat products over the street~, sidewalks,
or highways, when and where the~ ~ be found. It shall be the dut~ of
persons in the management, or control of such, to afford free access to e"e~
part of his building or vehicle and render all aid and assistance necessary to
enable the inspector to make a full, thorough, and complete examination thereof.
SECTIon VI.
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An~ person, firm or corporation, preparing and handling meat and/or meat
products, or any other person, who shall wilfully, or mal1ciousl~ obstruct,
hinder, or interfere with any officer or agent of the ConsoliCl.ated lloard of
Health in the proper discharge of his duty, or who shall 'tfilful1~ and mali-
ciously fail or neglect to comply with the abattoir and meat market re!Ulations
in NAw Hanover County, or who shall fail to comply with aIllf of the provisions
of said regulations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
fined and/or imprisoned at the discretion of the court.