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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
Holborn 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923
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Meat.
All the butchers shops were frequently inspected. The meat was found to be
dealt with under cleanly conditions.
There is only one slaughter-house in the Borough. This was inspected on three
occasions during the year. Sheep only are slaughtered.
Places where Food is prepared for Sale.
Under this head are included kitchens of hotels, restaurants and eating-houses
of all sorts, slaughter-houses, tripe, offal and other meat shops, fried fish, eel
and other fish shops, premises where ice cream is made, and other places where
food is prepared for sale, excluding bakehouses which are given above.
The number of such places on the register at the end of the year was as follows:—
| Hotels, Restaurants and Eating Houses | 225 |
| Slaughter-houses | 1 |
| Tripe, offal and other meat shops | 38 |
| Fried Fish shops | 10 |
| Fish shops | 10 |
| Ice Cream (Manufacture) | 81 |
| Poulterers | 3 |
Daring the year 2,652 inspections of food premises and market streets were mnde
and 42 notices served for sanitary defects found.
Unsound Food.
The following unsound food was condemned during the year 1923:—
| Commodity. | Quantity. | Condition. | Result of Action taken. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy Produce: — | |||
| Eggs | 1200 (75 lbs.) | Decomposed | Surrendered |
| Condensed Milk | 11 tins (9 lbs.) | Decomposed; badly blown tins | Do. |
| Meat:— | |||
| Fresh | 20 lbs | Badly bruised | Do. |
| Cured (Bacon) | 31 lbs | Decomposed | Do. |
| Fish :— | |||
| Herrings | 6 stone | Decomposed | Do. |
| Plaice | ½ cwt. | Decomposed | Do. |
| Soles | 9 stone | Decomposed | Do. |
| Poultry: — Ducks | 21 | Decomposed | Do. |
| Vegetables: — Tomatoes | 2 cwt. (12 bundles) | Decomposed; became wet in transit | Do. |
| Fruit:— | |||
| Oranges | 200 cases (11½ tons) | Much decomposed. | Do. |
| Bananas | 34 cwts. | Decomposed | Do. |
| Fruit Pulp | casks (56 gals, each) | Decomposed | Do. |
| Tinned Cherries | 80 tins (56 lbs.) | Tins blown | Do |