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MEAT AND OTPIER FOODS.
The Inspector of Heat and Other Foods (Mr. A.W. Haydock) reports that
during the year six private slaughter houses for the preparation of butchers'
meat held licences, but owing to the control of meat supplies by the Ministry
of Pood no slaughtering of animals was carried on at these premises.
One slaughter house for the slaughter of horses for human consumption was
licensed. This was visited 112 times and 409 horses were slaughtered during the
year.
slaughtering establishments of the Ministry of Pood is situated in
this Borough.
Pood destroyed or otherwise disposed of so as to prevent its use for human
consumption totalled 17 tons, 6 cwt., 0 qtrs., 12 lbs.
VISITS MADE TO SHOPS ETC. , BY THE INSPECTOR OP MEAT AND OTHER FOODS WERE AS FOLLOWS.:
During the year 939 visits were paid to various food shops, markets, stalls,etc.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT - ANTHRAX ORDER, 1928.
On three occasions during the year, the above Order relating to animals was
applied in the Borough, the infected material was destroyed and premises disinfected,
as required by the Ministry.
PENSIVE TRADES.
The offensive trades operating in the Borough are three tripe dressers, five
gut scrapers and one knackers' yard. Twenty five visits were made during the year
and no breach of the Regulations was observed. Three skin dressers are under the
supervision of the Inspector of Workshops.
BY-LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOOD.
By-laws for this purpose were made under Public Health (London) Act, 193&, and
came into force during 1937. No prosecution has been taken during the period under
review.
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