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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

Islington 1919

Sixty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1919]
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Table: The food destroyed or otherwise disposed of (chiefly for pigs' food) so as to prevent its use for human food was as follows:—

The food destroyed or otherwise disposed of (chiefly for pigs' food) so as to prevent its use for human food was as follows:—

Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.
Diseased meat and organs from slaughter-houses210231
Diseased or unsound meat, etc., from other sources33i19
Bacon231
Fish1411
Bread120
Cheese5012
Condensed Milk15
Butter308
Eggs122
Rabbits1134
Fruit, Vegetables, etc.78214
Dried Fruits (principally Dates)252122
Fowls and Ducks15
Total Tons406014

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The total amount of unsound or diseased meat, fish, fruit, and other food
destroyed was 40 tons 6 cwts. 0 qr. 14 lbs. The diseases which affected animal
food are set out in detail on p. 67.
Shops, etc., Inspection of.—The number of shops, etc., when
foodstuffs are sold varies somewhat from time to time, but may be approximated
for the year as follows : —

Table: Butchers, provision dealers, etc., 186, meat and rabbit stalls 6, food preparation establishments 16, fish shops 84, fish stalls 6, fruit shops 175, and about 18 fruit stalls and barrows. To these 491 shops, etc. a total of 10,177 visits were made, apportioned as under, viz.:—

Butchers, provision dealers, etc., 186, meat and rabbit stalls 6, food preparation establishments 16, fish shops 84, fish stalls 6, fruit shops 175, and about 18 fruit stalls and barrows. To these 491 shops, etc. a total of 10,177 visits were made, apportioned as under, viz.:—

Butchers, Provision Dealers, etc., Shops ..5,126visits.
Food Preparation Establishments189„
Butcher and Provision Stalls,158„
Fish Shops1,287„
„ Stalls271„
Fruit Shops1,933„
„ Stalls1213„
Total10,177Visits.

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Cowhouses.— There are 4 cowhouses in the borough, and these were
visited upon 25 occasions. They were generally found to be satisfactory.
* Of this quantity 1 ton, 9 cwts. 1 qr. 14 lbs. was Tuberculous.
Of this quantity 27 lbs. was Tuberculous.