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Sutton and Cheam 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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3 Slaughtering.
There is one licensed slaughterhouse in the district No
animals were slaughtered during the year.
4. Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933
Three licences to act as slaughtermen were granted
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS
5 Unsound Food.
The following diseased and/or unsound meat and other foods have been surrendered and destroyed or, where suitable, utilised for pig food:-
| Commodity | lbs. | Tins | Bottles or Jars | Packets or Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | 20½ | 1 | - | - |
| Beef/Mutton (Home Killed) | 415 | - | - | - |
| Beef/Mutton (Imported) | 1171¾ | - | - | - |
| Butter/Fat | ¾ | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Cakes/Chocolate Spread/ Confectionery | 55¼ | 2 | - | 80 |
| Cereals | 3½ | 29 | - | 10 |
| Coffee | - | 2 | - | - |
| Corn on the Cob/Chestnuts | 12 | 5 | - | - |
| Culinary Mixtures | - | 9 | 73 | 533 |
| Dates/Figs/Prunes/Dried Fruit | 81¼ | - | 162 | |
| Dressed Crab | 18½ | - | - | - |
| Eggs | - | - | - | 3,901 |
| Fish Pastes and Creams | - | 43 | 37 | - |
| Fish (Tinned etc.) | - | 522 | 9 | - |
| Fish (wet) | 708 | - | - | - |
| Flour (Loose and packeted) | 27 | - | - | 7 |
| Fruit Juices/Jellies/Puree | - | 91 | - | 2 |
| Ham | 31¾ | 7 | - | - |
| Ice Cream | - | - | - | 5 |
| Marmalade/Syrup/Jam/Honey | - | 162 | 9 | - |
| Milk (Tinned) | - | 324 | - | - |
| Offal/Pork Pies | 52 | - | - | 45 |
| Pickles/Sauces/Soup/Salad Creams | - | 97 | 137 | 148 |
| Peas/Beans | 50 | 150 | - | - |
| Proprietary Articles | - | 2 | 8 | 166 |
| Puddings | - | 74 | - | - |
| Rabbits | 86 | 1 | - | - |
| Sausages Tinned/Sausage Meat | t 28 | 5 | - | - |
| Spaghetti | - | 36 | - | 11 |
| Tinned Fruit and Vegetables | 52½ | 514 | 16 | - |
| Tinned Meats/Pastes | 7 | 395 | 3 | - |
| Whalemeat Steak | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 2,820¾ | 2474 | 293 | 5,081 |