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Meat Depot.
Soon after the outbreak of the war a distributing meat depot
was established in Canterbury Road. From the first the manager
invited the assistance of the sanitary inspectors in regard to the
condemnation of unsound meat. Because of the volume of business,
this has necessitated almost the entire time of one of the sanitary
inspectors being spent at the depot. The premises were not
originally intended and were therefore not designed for the
purposes of a meat depot, so the conditions in which the meat
was stored were conducive neither to improving the keeping
qualities of the meat, nor to facilitating the work of the officers
in carrying out their inspections. More recently improvements
have been effected.
Up to the end of the year 51 carcases of sheep and the carcase
of one calf were condemned, chiefly because of emaciation, dropsy
or bruising, and some 55 lbs. of bruised beef. About 3,000 lbs. of
offal were condemned, mainly on account of parasitic disease or of
putrefaction.
Registration of Hawkers.
Section 71 of the Middlesex County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1938, obliges a hawker of meat, fish, fruit and vegetables
himself to be registered with the local authority, and obliges the
owner of any premises used to see that they are registered. In the
course of the year a large number of persons had been registered.