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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 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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The Protection of the Food Supply.
During 1013, the food supply was, as in past years, carefully
supervised. The work has comprised meat inspection and seizure,
registration of milk vendors, and the strict supervision of all milk
shops in the Borough. Attention has also been given to the
sanitation of bakehouses (vide section of report dealing with the
administration of Factory and Workshop Act) and to premises
in the Borough wherein food is stored or prepared for sale, e.g.,
sausages, potted meats, ice-cream, restaurant kitchens, butchers'
shops, &c., &c.
Unsound Food
The following is a tabulated return of unsound food inspected, condemned, and destroyed under the supervision of the Council's Officers during 1913, having been brought to the Health Department by the respective owners for the purpose:—
| Food. | Quantity. | Where Purchased. |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels Sprouts | 3 bags | Borough Market |
| Cod's Roe | 1 box | Billingsgate Market |
| Haddock | 1 case | „ „0 |
| „ | 1 trunk | „ „ |
| „ | 1 „ | „ „ |
| Halibut | 10 stone | „ „ |
| Herrings | 1 barrel | „ „ |
| Kippers | 1 box | „ „ |
| „ | 5 boxes | „ „ |
| „ | 3 | „ „ |
| Mackerel | 1 box | „ „ |
| „ | 1 | „ |
| Plaice | 2 boxes | „ „ |
| Potatoes | 1 sack | Borough „ |
| „ | 20 bags | Covent Garden Market |
| Rock Salmon | 1 box | Billingsgate Market |
| Skate | 7 stone | „ „ |
| Tomatoes | 20 boxes | Covent Garden Market |
| „ | 6 „ | „ „ |
| „ | 4 | „ |
| Whiting | 1 trunk | Billingsgate Market |
| „ | 1 box | „ |
| ,, | 1 trunk | „ |
| Witches | 1 box | „ |