Presidential Address, by ROBERT MITCHELL, Chief Sanitary Inspector, Dundee. (Associate.)
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Conference VI.—Sanitary InspectorsPresidential Address, by ROBERT MITCHELL, Chief Sanitary Inspector, Dundee. (Associate.) SAGE Publications, Inc.1925DOI: 10.1177/146642402504600906 I T is in a spirit of friendly brotherhood that we desire to meet you all in Edinburgh to-day, so that we may consider those questions which are of interest and importance alike to the country and the town. It is, indeed, a very happy feature of local government that it is characterised by the bright spirit of fraternity. There are no patented processes, no protected rights, no secrets in the jealous possession of one place. It is, I am sure, the universal desire of those engaged in the work of public health, to give freely and without stint of their information and experience to all and sundry. The institution called the Congress has formed an admirable means of facilitating the exchange of ideas and experience, and I here desire to take as my subject of a few remarks upon which some of you may afterwards base a discussion. MEAT INSPECTION. So far as meat inspection is concerned two land marks stand out during the year 1924. The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, dated December 20th, 1924, made by the Ministry of