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Battersea 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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Protection of the Food Supply.
During the year 1908, as in past years, a good deal of attention
has been devoted to the protection of the food supply. The
work has comprised meat inspection and seizure, registration and
strict supervision of milk-shops, dairies and cowsheds, and the
administration of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. Attention has
also been given to the sanitation of bake-houses (vide section dealing
with administration of Factory and Workshops Act), and to
premises wherein food is prepared, e.g., sausage manufacturers,
potted meats, etc. Other premises in which the sale and preparation
of food in various ways is carried on, such as ice-cream shops,
butchers' shops, restaurant kitchens, etc., have been visited and
inspected systematically by the Council's Officers.
| Unsound meat | 3 |
| Unsound provisions (bacon, cheese, etc.) | 1 |
| Unsound fruit and vegetables | 2 |
| Total |
Legal proceedings were taken in all but one case. Of the five
cases in which proceedings were taken: in one, the case was
dismissed; in the other four, fines and costs amounting to £16 14s.
were imposed.
With regard to the three unsound meat cases: in the case
in which no proceedings were taken a small quantity of unsound
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