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Clean Food.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, were designed
for the protection of meat in shops, stalls, and during transit,
from contamination by dust and flies. There are a large
number of edible articles, such as fish, fruit, sweets, bread,
cheese, cakes or cooked provisions which are being sold without
any attempt being made to protect them from dirt and dust,
and are likely to be sold under such conditions until legal powers
are provided to safeguard such articles of food.
Butchers' Shops, Stalls, etc.
The Regulations prescribed for the protection of meat from
contamination were carried out without the necessity of having
to resort to drastic action to enforce compliance with the Regulations.
The Meat Traders have realised the value of the Regulations
and have been willing to comply with any reasonable
suggestion made for the protection of the meat.
At the end of the year there were 161 butcher shops in the
Borough, and of these 135 are fitted with glass fronts. In those
shops which do not possess glass fronts other precautions have
been taken to reduce the liability of contamination.
In addition to the above butchers' shops, 540 provision
dealers' premises, provision dealers' stalls and offal shops were
visited systematically by the Inspectors.
Slaughterhouses.
There were 185 inspections made of the two licensed
slaughterhouses in the Borough during the year, and the following
tables provide information with regard to the number of animals
slaughtered and the particulars of the organs condemned. No
application to authorise the use of a distinctive mark of approved
design in connection with meat inspected was made to this
authority during the year.
The weight of the diseased meat condemned, which was
subsequently destroyed at the Council's Depot, Peckham Park
Road, amounted to 11 cwt. 0 qrs. 7½ lbs.