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Acton 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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21 1930
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply.
There are 83 dairies and milkshops on the register.
There are at present no cowsheds in the Borough and all
the milk is produced outside the district.
In last year's report, the conditions under which milk is
distributed within the district were mentioned, and it was stated
that in the. altered circumstances, the Council had relaxed the
stringency of requirements formerly -insisted upon. This
account's for the increased number of retailers.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 30 bakehouses in the district; of these 6 are underground
bakehouses and were occupied before the passing of the
Factory Act of 1901.
MEAT INSPECTION.
There are two slaughter-houses in the borough; in one of
these, pigs alone are slaughtered, and in the other no pigs are
slaughtered.
It has been usual in the past to supply a full list of the
unsound food condemned, and the following tables are inserted
so that the conditions can be compared with former years.
UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED DURING 1930.
TABLE I. Diseased Meat.
| 8 Loins of Beef. | |
| Pigs. | 31 Sets of Cows' Lungs with Hearts. |
| 11 Carcases with Heads. | |
| 82 Heads. | 18 Cows' Heads & Tongues. |
| 1 Forequarter | 1 Cows' Carcase with Offal (Emaciated). |
| 2 Hindquarters. | |
| 1 Neck and Shoulder. | 13 Cows' Livers. |
| 1 Belly. | 3 Sets of Ox Lungs with Hearts. |
| 1 Chine. | |
| 3 Legs. | 1 Stirk's Carcase with Offal. |
| 2 Feet. | |
| 40 lbs. of Pork. | 2 Stirks' Heads & Tongues. |
| 122 Plucks. | 1 set of Stirk's Lungs with Heart. |
| 2220 lbs. of Chitterlings. | |
| Cattle. | 3 Stirks' Livers. |
| 3 Calves' Carcases with Offal. | |
| 7 Cows' Carcases with Offal. | |
| 16 Cows' Otfals complete. | |
| 8 Forequarters of Beef. | 32 Calves' Plucks. |
| 2 Short F'quarters of Beef. | 3 Calves' Kidneys. |
| 1 Side of Beef. | 2 Calves' Livers. |
| 1 Topside of Beef. | 1 Stirk's Carcase with Offal (Emaciated). |
| 5 Rumps of Beef. |