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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Ealing 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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There is no public slaughterhouse in the Borough.
As a result of the war a Meat Depot serving a large area in
Middlesex, embracing Ealing, was established-in a central position.
The Sanitary Inspectors have had to inspect a large quantity of
meat there daily.

Table: The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough:—

The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough:—

lbs.
Beef3,511
Pork704
Fish581
Rabbits76
Mutton7,922
Veal305
Offal18,230
Bacon639¾
Sausages30
Ham81½
Brawn11
Corned Beef54
Black Pudding15¾
Meat Pies117½
Plums48
Slab Cake56
32,3821 lbs.

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Total:—28 tons, 9 cwts., 0 qrs., 14½ lbs.
Eggs 570
Assorted Tinned Food 348 tins