Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Protection of Food Supply.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Unsound Food.
The following is a tabulated return of unsound foods which, under the provisions of Section 47(8) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were brought to the notice of the Sanitary Inspectors and voluntarily surrendered during 1929 :—
Cow-houses.
There is now no licensed cow-house in the Borough.
Slaughter-houses.
There are only two slaughterhouses remaining in the Borough.
These premises are kept under systematic inspection, and
during the year 1929, 110 inspections were made by the Council's
inspector. The carcases of 60 animals (calves 3, sheep 39, and
pigs 18) were examined after slaughter.
The provisions of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924,
have been brought to the notice of the occupiers of these slaughter—
houses, and no contravention of the Regulations or By-laws
in regard to slaughterhouses were reported during the year.