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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
Battersea 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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The Protection of the Food Supply.
During 1911 as in past years, the food supply was carefully
supervised. The work has comprised meat inspection and seizure,
registration and strict supervision of milk shops. Attention has
also been given to the sanitation of bakehouses (vide section of
report dealing with administration of Factory and Workshop Act)
and to premises wherein food is prepared, e.g. sausages, potted meats,
&c., other premises in which the sale of and preparation of food
in various ways is carried on, such as ice-cream, restaurant kitchens,
butchers' shops, &c., have been visited and systematically inspected
by the Council's officers.
Unsound Food.
The following is a tabulated return of unsound food inspected, condemned and destroyed under the supervision of the Council's sanitary inspectors during 1911, having been brought to the Health Department by the respective owners for the purpose.:-
| Food. | Quantity. | Where Purchased. |
|---|---|---|
| Bananas | 1 crate | Covent Garden Market |
| „ | 1 „ | Borough Market |
| Coalfish | 11 | Billingsgate Market |
| Codling | 1 box | „ „ |
| „ | 1 trunk | „ „ |
| Cod's Roe | 2 boxes | „ „ |
| „ „ | 1 box | „ „ |
| Haddock | 1 case | „ „ |
| „ | 2 boxes | „ „ |
| ,, (Smoked) | 2 „ | „ „ |
| „ „ | 4 „ | „ „ |
| Hake | 1 box | „ „ |
| Halibut | 1 „ | „ „ |
| Herrings | 2 boxes | „ „ |
| Kippers | 21 „ | „ „ |
| „ | 3½ „ | „ „ |
| Mackerel | 1 box | „ „ |
| „ | 5 boxes | Lower Thames St., E.C. |
| „ | 10 „ | Billingsgate Market |
| „ | 1 box | „ „ |
| Megrims | 1 „ | „ „ |
| Mixed Fish | 1 trunk | „ „ |